Power supply was disrupted for hours in the busiest commercial MP Nagar area after a transformer caught fire. The senior MPSEB officials claimed that fire was not short circuit borne but due to some fault near Sanchi Milk kiosk.
In the major fire which was controlled by fire tenders which were broke near a hospital at around 2 in the afternoon damaged 6 shops along with Sanchi Milk kiosk. The shops were situated adjacent to the kiosk and were road side stalls used to run shops.
The fire tenders and locals claimed that fire was short circuit borne but MPSEB officials rejected the speculations and alleged that Sanchi Milk kiosk was responsible behind the fire which spread to the nearby shops.
Fire turned massive and it took more than 2 hours to pacify the fire. The fire tenders from the Fatehgarh, Mata Mandir, Pul Bogda fire stations completed the rescue and pacified the fire.
The fire tenders claimed that the fire was short circuit but were not able to confirm the spot which lead to the fire.
Shops which were impacted were damaged severely and shopkeepers incurred loss in the fire even after timely intervention of the fire tenders who reached the spot but fire took massive shape.
The fire tenders faced difficulty as the power supply was continued during the fire and they had to use foam to control fire.
Later when the power was interrupted it turned the area into dark and kept the locals waiting for long. During the incident no one was injured and no casualty occurred.