Garments worth crores were gutted in fire after a massive fire broke out at a three storey garment store in Bairagarh late in the night on Monday.
Major fire broke out late in the night at Handsome readymade garment store and it took more than three hours to pacify the fire.
SDOP Bairagarh Nagendra Singh Bais said that the fire broke out at around 2 in the night and was pacified at around 6 am. It was a massive fire and the stock kept inside the store was totally damaged due to fire and smoke and by water later in the process of pacifying the fire.
In the initial investigation the reason behind the fire was short circuit. The shop was filled with garments which spread rapidly on the upper floors and gutted the goods inside the shop. The owner was not able to provide the loss and told that after checking the loss he could provide the exact loss in the fire, he added.
The store Handsome Readymade garments situated at Mini market area near Chanchal square.
Soon after the fire spread ruckus created in the area and fire brigade was informed and around a dozen fire tenders vehicles rushed to the spot which took more than three hours to control and pacify the fire.
The owner of the shop Harish Raichandani claimed that the lights were turned off at the time of the closing of the store which could not confirm that it was a short circuit borne fire. He claimed that garments over `1 crore were burnt to ashes in the fire.