Failing to reach the incident site due to congested road in lakherapura area, to pacify fire, fire tender vehicles were vandalized and fire fighters were assaulted on Monday.
Clothes worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in fire after short-circuit borne fire broke out at a cloth store in lakherapura area.
According to the police, in the morning on Monday after nearby shopkeepers of Mahesh laat shop spotted smoke coming out of the shop they informed the owner Naresh Jadhav and subsequently fire brigade was informed.
After receiving the information when the fire tenders reached and tried to break the lock, neighboring shopkeepers stopped the fire tenders and told that Naresh is coming with keys and after his arrival the shop was opened and the operation started.
However, during the process of quenching the fire, the water tanker ran out of water and the fire tenders at the spot informed to dispatch another water tanker which failed to reach the spot due to the congested road and huge mob gathered to witness the fire.
A complaint was lodged by a fire brigade employee Mohammad Farooq who was injured after mob attacked him and also damaged the vehicles. Shattered windshields were witnessed at the spot. The complainant escaped with minor injuries. Police have registered case against unidentified miscreants.
In the incident, no one was injured and no casualty was reported but the owner of the shop. The owner of the shop has claimed that the
estimated loss in the fire is around Rs 20 lakh.
Police said that cloth store sell saree and in the fire, sarees worth Rs 10 lakh were gutted.