Seven shops were destroyed in a massive fire in Jawahar Chowk of Bhopal, these shops had metal roofs. The sparks emanating from the nearby electricity pole engulfed the shops and within a short time the shops were damaged.
The fire was brought under control in about 4 hours. Traders suffered losses worth lakhs due to the fire.
The fire broke out in grocery, mobile repairing, auto parts, MP Online, auto mill and pan-masala shops near Hanuman temple at around 3 pm on the intervening night of Sunday-Monday. As soon as information about the fire was received, the fire brigade from Mata Mandir Fire Brigade reached the spot. Fire engines and tankers from Bogda Bridge and Bairagarh fire stations also reached the spot. The fire was completely brought under control in about 4 hours.
As soon as information about the fire was received, traders reached the spot. Shops were burning in front of them. When the fire came under control, everything was burnt. The traders told that they have invested their entire life's capital in business and now everything is destroyed.
Santosh Paan Bhandar, MP Online, Deepak Grocery, Annu Grocery, Devendra Mobile Repairing, Oil Ports and a flour mill were damaged.
Compensation should be received after conducting the survey
Rakesh Gupta, President of Adarsh Jawahar Chowk Traders Association, said that traders have suffered huge losses due to the arson. The district administration should immediately conduct a survey and give appropriate compensation to the shopkeepers. These shopkeepers had invested their entire lives in business, but everything was ruined due to arson.