: Thirteen persons were injured in a major fire which broke out at Chandbadi slums in Chhola Mandir area in which six shanties were gutted in fire in the morning on Friday.
The fire which broke at around 8 in the morning soon engulfed half a dozen shanties and around three shanties were damaged badly and household goods were burnt to ashes.
SHO of Chola Mandir Yogendra Yadav said that on receiving the information around half a dozen fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot and it took around half an hour to pacify the fire.
The fire broke when Santosh Sen was changing LPG cooking cylinder at his house and which spread to adjacent shanties, he added.
The fire brigade received information at around 8 am after which the fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot and started the operation.
Santosh Sen and Sarju Bai sustained major burns but are not critical while the others escaped with minor injuries.