A major fire broke out in a surgical equipments godown-cum-shop at Mangalabag in the city on Saturday. Properties worth lakhs of rupees were reduced to ashes in the blaze. The godown-cum-shop is located in a building, where an Andhra Bank branch is also housed.
Following the incident, three tenders of the Fire Services rushed to the spot and launched a massive operation to douse the flames. Chief Fire Officer Sukant Sethi informed that the blaze was effectively controlled by the firefighters and there was no damage to the bank.
“The exact cause of fire can be ascertained only after a probe,” said Sethi. But it was suspected that the fire broke out due to an electric short circuit.