Fire broke out in a liquor shop near Araghar police post under Kotwali police station, Dehradun around 4.55 pm on Saturday. It triggered panic in the area. It took the two fire tenders and two mini-water tenders nearly one and half an hour to put out the blaze.
There was no casualty, though liquor worth lakhs are learnt to have been destroyed in the blaze.
Dehradun Fire Station officer Shiv Prasad Mamgai said that swift action on their part had stopped the flames from spreading further. Two fire tenders and two mini-water tenders had been rushed to the incident site to put out the flame soon after the information was received, he added.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, he said. Preliminary inquiry, has, however, revealed that short circuit had caused the fire, he further said.
Mamgai said that his office had been informed about the fire at 4.55 pm on Saturday. “Soon, two fire tenders were sent to the incident site.
later, two additional mini-water tenders were also sent in about half an hour. Initially, firemen faced difficulties as the entire area was filled with smoke,” he said.
The fire in the liquor shop had destroyed liquor worth lakhs of rupees, he said, adding that the damage is yet to be estimated though. The liquor shop owner was yet to submit details of the loss he has incurred till the time of the report being filed.