Furniture worth lakhs of rupees gutted in the massive fire that broke out at Chhawani area of the old city in the night on Saturday; raw material and furniture at the godown were damaged completely in the fire.
In the evening a short circuit borne fire erupted at a furniture godown which was inside a house in a busy market place area. Locals informed the fire brigade and owner of the godown regarding the fire.
The fire which broke out at 9 in the evening pacified fire tenders and fire tender vehicles with difficulty as the vehicles failed to reach the spot and pipes were pulled to the spot parking the vehicles away.
The narrow bylanes and parked vehicles obstructed the way of the fire tender vehicles, which made the work harder and took long for the fire tenders to pacify the fire.
The fire was controlled before it could damage the adjacent houses which were evacuated by the fire brigade. Fire brigade claimed that no one was injured in the fire and no casualty was reported but the goods at godown were gutted in fire.
The owner claimed that he could not ascertain loss as he had to check the goods to find the total loss in the fire. Police said that the reason for the fire remained unknown and would be investigated.