Goods and medicines worth Rs 1 lakh were gutted in fire at Sonagiri area in the morning on Tuesday; fire erupted due to short circuit claimed the investigating officials.
According to the police, at around 10.30 am fire broke out at Ashish Tiwari’s house in Sonagiri and after smoke was spotted from the room fire brigade was informed.
On the receipt of the information, fire tender vehicles rushed to the spot and started rescue operation and took around half an hour to pacify the fire. The residents were evacuated safely in the process.
The tenant of the room was Piyush who works as a medical representative and was having at medicines which were damaged in the fire.
He claimed that the estimated loss is around Rs 1 lakh. At the time of the incident Piyush was at work.
Swift action by the fire tenders controlled the fire before it could spread and engulf the adjacent rooms and other buildings.
Among the electronic goods laptop and electronic appliances were damaged in the fire.
Investigating Officer SI SK Chouhan said that it was a short circuit borne fire which was pacified within an hour. No one was injured in the fire and electronic goods and medicines were gutted in fire.
Police in the initial investigation found that it was a short circuit and details of the reason would be investigated. Chouhan claimed that the victim has provided the details of the loss in the fire and have not lodged any complaint regarding the fire.