Goods worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in a major fire, which broke out in a godown of slippers and shoes in Ranipura locality of the city on Monday morning. The incident came to light at around 10 am on Monday when a thick dark smoke was seen bellowing out from a godown located on the second floor of a multi-storey building near Ranipura power house. The godown had a huge stock of slippers and shoes. Within minutes, a mammoth fire engulfed the whole godown.
Soon after incident came to light, fire brigades were informed about the matter. However, by the time fire tenders arrived and put off the fire after hours of hard work, the goods in the godown had already been gutted in the fire. The reason behind incident was not know till filing this report.