Grocery goods worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in fire after a major fire broke out at a shop bedhing Anandbai Ashram in Bairagarh area late in the night on Tuesday.
The fire which broke out at around midnight night was pacified by around half a dozen fire tender vehicles in over an hour.
The fire was massive and was controlled before it would spread to other area and nearby houses.
The timely pacifying of fire help in saving adjacent houses and shops which were much larger. The nearby houses were vacated to avert any untoward action.
Bairagarh police and fire brigade were informed regarding the details of the incident but the owner of the godown has not reported regarding the incident to the police.
Soon after the information of fire was received 5 fire tender vehicles were pressed into service to contain and control the fire. In the fire, no injury or casualty was reported.
The owner has not made any claim regarding the loss but locals claimed that grocery in good quantity was in the shop which might run into lakhs of rupees.
The fire tenders have not provided any reason behind the fire. The fire could be short circuit borne or due to some other reason which would be investigated.