Fire broke out at two places in the State capital in which valuables worth lakhs of rupees and important documents of Madhya Pradesh State Electricity Board were gutted to fire on Saturday.
In the first incident, which occurred in the early morning hours on Saturday wooden furniture and raw materials worth Rs15 lakh were gutted in a major fire at Pul Patra area near Bharat talkies square.Around 6 am on getting the information of the fire as many as dozen fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot and pacified the fire which took around 2 hours for the fire tenders to control it. The fire broke out after a truck loaded with Sugarcane broke the electricity power supply wires near the shop, which caused the fire.
No casualty was reported in the incident and the residential area is at distance due to which no loss of life occurred in the incident. It is one of the busiest roads of the city but as the incident took in the early morning hours the road was deserted and no commuter was injured in the incident.
A wooden trader Amjad Khan told that the vehicles carrying Sugarcane entangled with the electricity power supply lines of the area which caused a short circuit and one of the shops got fire which soon spread in the adjacent shops. The incident occurred due to the road constructions work which has made it difficult for the vehicles to cross the area safely. In the construction the uneven height of the road has decreased the height of the power cables which is dangerous and has resulted into the incident.
Police have registered a case under section 289 and 427 of the IPC and section 139 of the Electricity Act.leaving the truck the truck driver escaped after the incident and is still at large.In another incident fire broke out at MPSEB office in Chandbad area near the Bhopal railway station. After the fire broke out around 4 fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot and pacified the fire in around half an hour.