A pharmacy store and clinic in a building were gutted in short circuit borne fire at Karond late in the night on Tuesday, after the fire broke out locals spotted and informed fire brigade which pacified the fire, goods and medicines worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in fire.
The incident took place at around 11.30 in the night and shops were closed due to which no one was injured in the fire but goods and medicines were damaged.
Panic prevailed among dozen families which reside in the building and were evacuated safely and fire was controlled before it could spread and a major fire was averted. The timely action helped in pacifying the fire.
Fire Officer BMC Rameshwar Neel said that fire tender vehicles of Old Categorised Market, Fatehgarh, Chola Mandir were pressed into service after receiving the information.
Dr. Dinesh Vishwakarma runs a dental clinic and along with it is a pharmacy store at building owned by Jaganath Meena. Till late morning person who runs pharmacy store failed to reach the spot.
The residents of building were evacuated and cooking gas cylinders stored were removed for the safety of the residents and controlling fire.
The fire tenders put hard efforts for around two hours to pacify the fire. Fire officials said that fire audit of the area would be conducted to check the dangers of fire to the area.