A major fire broke out in two shops of a multi-storey building BCM Heights in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Soon after the incident, the smoke bellowing from these shops engulfed the whole complex, prompting residents of this building to come out of their flats in panic.
The incident came to light around 6.30 am on Tuesday when an employee of a nearby shop in the building went to open his shop. Seeing his shop in the thick fog of fire, he immediately informed about the matter to the building guard and the nearby people.
Thereafter, they eye witnesses informed about the matter to the fire brigade. By the time fire brigade rushed to the incident site the smoke coming out the shops engulfed in fire spread throughout the building creating a thick blanket of smoke all around.
It was only after sometime, the shops — an icecream parlour and a coffee shop that had caught fire were identified. Before the fire tenders arrived there, people of the building tried to put off the fire.
It almost took 2 hours for the fire brigade to put off the fire. No casualty however, was reported in the incident. Though exact reason behind the incident was not known, the fire brigade personnel have suspected short circuit as the reason behind incident.