Goods worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in short circuit borne fire at a plastic godown in Sindhi Market area on Tuesday.
The fire spread after a short circuit occurred in a transformer near the godown and soon engulfed the goods in the godown. Wooden laminates, rubber, plastic and adhesives were gutted in fire.
SHO of Hanumanganj police station Jitendra Pathak said that the no one was injured in the fire as the place is used as a godown to keep scrap materials purchased in auctions by the owner of the place Saleem Sehori and has not provided the loss in the fire.
In-charge officer of fire tenders Sajid Khan said that a transformer is located very close to the godown which was the reason behind the fire. He said that no arrangements were made for fire extinguishing which resulted into massive fire and went out of control within no time. In the fire no one was injured. Raw material and scrap material of plastic was in the factory at the time of the fire.
Three fire tender vehicles and four water tankers were deployed in the rescue operation. Around a dozen fire fighters took more than three hours to pacify the fire. Taking precautionary measures the adjacent and nearby godowns and shops were vacated and the owners of the shops and godowns were instructed to remove the goods.
Meanwhile, two shanties were gutted in fire in a fire which broke on Tuesday at Satnami Nagar. Four fire tender vehicles and two water tankers were rushed to the spot and took around two hours to pacify the fire. The goods in the shanties were completed burnt. The fire broke out after a cooking gas cylinder leaked.