More than three dozen fight tender vehicles worked for around seven hours to pacify the fire which broke out in the wee hours at a timber store near Patra Pul on Sunday; owner claimed that wooden stock worth `30 lakh gutted in fire.
The fire tenders were able to control and pacify the fire around 9 am on Sunday which broke at around 3 am on Sunday.
The massive fire alerted the locals and officials immediately rushed to the spot as the spot is situated near to a petrol pump inviting any untoward action but the alert and prompt response from fire brigade helped to control the fire from spreading and took around 7 hours of hard effort to pacify the fire.
Mubarak timber store was engulfed in fire late in the night and before the locals could understand and pacify the fire it spread rapidly.
The fire tender officials said that the circumstantial evidences suggest fire broke out due to short circuit.
Police said no casualty has been reported and no one was injured in the incident.
The fire spread rapidly which required the fire tenders stationed at all the fire brigades across the city.
Mashuq Ali the owner of the timber store said that he suffered a massive loss in the fire as timber and stock of wood worth `30 lakh were gutted in fire. It was a short circuit borne fire which gutted a huge stock present in the store at the time of fire.