A major fire broke out at a local laundry in Machna Colony in which three shanties and three motorcycles were gutted in fire.
According to the police Prem Narayan who owns a laundry at Machna Colony went for some work at around 4 pm leaving the switch of the iron ‘on’ and after sometime due to excessive heating the iron caught fire which soon spread in the laundry and several clothes were burnt in the fire. On receiving the information around 5 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 5 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 victim has claimed that the loss is around Rs 1 lakh. In the fire three motorbikes parked near the laundry also got fire and 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 but the Narayan’s shanty was damaged badly. The clothes which were of customers and a computer were damaged completely. The reason of the fire as told by the neighbors was the iron which was kept ‘on’ by Prem Narayan and left the iron in the same condition which caused fire.