A major short-circuit fire broke out at Gareeb Nagar slums under Ward 81 in Kolar area in which five shanties were gutted in fire in the morning on Tuesday.
The fire which broke at around 9 in the morning soon engulfed 10 shanties and around three shanties were burnt to ashes.
On receiving the information around half a dozen fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot and it took around an hour to pacify the fire, told the fire brigade officials.
The fire brigade received information at around 9.15 am pm after which the fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot and started the operation. No one was injured in the incident and only damage to the property was reported.
The loss is around Rs 1 lakh. In the fire one of the shanties was burnt to ashes while two were damaged completely.
After the fire broke out it spread in the adjacent shanties and two of the shanties were gutted in fire. Although the loss in the adjacent shanties was not much as the fire brigade staff launched rescue operation well in time.
At the time of the incident habitants of the shanties were present and managed to save themselves due to which no one was killed or injured.
The probable reason of the fire is short circuit and investigation into the matter would be conducted. The fire tenders faced difficulty in pacifying the fire due to dense shanties in the area.