Raw materials and wooden stocks worth crores of rupees were gutted when a major fire broke out at a timber shop near Bharat Talkies area in the wee hours of Sunday.
Panic prevailed in the area after the fire took massive shape in the early morning hours on Sunday. The fire spread rapidly engulfing the wood and raw material of furniture.
On March 12 also massive fire was reported in the same area at a timber store and within a week this was the second incident of fire.
The stocks of wood and furniture were kept in godown which were worth crores of rupees. The fire tenders were able to control and pacify the fire around 9 am on Sunday which broke at around 5 am on Sunday.
The massive fire alerted the locals and officials immediately rushed to the spot as the spot is situated near to a petrol pump inviting any untoward action but the alert and prompt response from fire brigade helped to control the fire from spreading.
Two dozen fire tender vehicles rushed to the spot and controlled and pacified the fire. The fire tenders took more than three hours to douse the fire. The fire was controlled averting any untoward incident as the petrol pump was situated near the spot where the fire broke out. Apart from the petrol pump the adjacent timber shops would have been damaged in the fire but fire was pacified before it could spread to the adjacent shops.
Fire tender Yasir Ali said that two band saw machines were damaged which caught fire due to short circuit.
Police and fire tender officials said that the circumstantial evidences suggest fire broke out due to short circuit. In the incident no casualty has been reported and no one was injured in the incident.