A footwear godown was were gutted in fire at Hamidia road late in the night on Sunday; goods worth lakhs of rupees was burnt to ashes in the massive fire.
The footwear godown owned by Manpasand footwear store bore massive damage in the fire which was possibly due cause due to crackers on the eve of Diwali.
In the fire no one was injured in the fire as the fire broke out in the night but goods worth lakhs of rupees were damaged. The goods were in the godown at the basement which made is difficult for the fire tenders to reach and pacify the fire.
The goods were filled on the two staircases which were made to reach the godown. It took over four hours to control and pacify the fire. The fire was controlled before it could spread and a major fire was averted. The timely action helped in pacifying the fire.
The fire broke out at around 11.30 in the night and over a dozen fire tenders and over two dozen fire tender vehicles rushed to the spot and managed to pacify the fire after four hours of hard efforts.
Fire Officer Iftekhar said that fire tender vehicles were pressed into service after receiving the information. At the godown no fire systems were installed and no fire fighting equipments were kept.
The fire tenders faced great difficulty in reaching to the place due to narrow and congested way to the godown at the basement.