Property worth lakhs of rupees was destroyed in a major fire which broke out at a timber godown in the GNT Market in the wee hours of Monday. The incident reportedly occurred at around 4 am on Monday when some watchmen witnessed smoke bellowing out from a timber godown located in the GNT Market on Dhar Road.
After being informed, as many as four vehicles of fire brigade arrived at the incident site. However, by the time, the damage had already been done. Besides timbers, machineries, three vehicles including an Eicher vehicle, a Tata Magic vehicle and an auto-rickshaw which were parked inside the godown, were damaged in the fire.
It took nearly three hours for the fire-brigade personnel to put out the fire with the help of eight water tankers. The proprietor of the timber godown, Dayabhai Patel, reportedly fainted on seeing his godown going up in flames, and was hospitalised. Fire tender experts said short circuit may have started the fire. The exact estimate of damage was not known but it may run into lakhs of rupees.