Two shops were gutted in short circuit borne fire after a Sanchi milk parlour at MP Nagar caught fire late in the night on Monday. After the fire broke out fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot and pacified the fire.’
No one was injured in the fire as the fire broke out in the night but goods worth Rs 2 lakh were damaged. Initially it was found that sparks from the high tension line caused the fire.
Dried leafs of eucalyptus trees which were on shops sheds caught fire immediately. At the spot there were four shops but two were saved from fire. One of the shop was Sanchi milk parlour was in one of them while the other shop was quilt-cover vendor.
The fire was controlled before it could spread and a major fire was averted. The timely action helped in pacifying the fire. The milk parlours are allowed to remain open during the imposed closure of the state capital to contain deadly Coronavirus.
The owner of the milk parlour claimed that the loss in the fire was around Rs 1.5 lakh. Fire Officer BMC Sajid Khan said that fire tender vehicles were pressed into service after receiving the information. Two fire tender vehicles and fire tenders were rushed to the spot. With the start of the summer season the electricity wires should be checked as they are the major reason in the fire and in this case fire was caused due to the same reason.