As many as six shops were gutted in fire, near New Market at TT Nagar area, after a short-circuit at the electric double pole near Darbar hotel on Saturday evening.
Around a dozen fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot which took around one-and-a -half-hour to pacify the fire.
The locals confirmed that the sparking occurred around 7 pm in the DP near hotel Darbar, behind Priyadarshni supermarket, and the fire soon spread furiously gutting six shops.
Goods worth lakhs of rupees have been turned to ashes due to this fire. The exact loss could not be ascertained at the moment as the shopkeepers were concerned about the safety of the remaining goods. A textile store, a cyber cafe and four pan and tea stalls were affected in the fire. No casualty has been reported in the incident.
The police faced difficulty in maintaining the traffic due to the onlookers and finally used the blockade to keep the onlookers away from the site.
Meanwhile, in another incident of fire, an engine of goods train caught fire near Bairagarh station on Saturday.
At around 4 pm one of the engines of Indore bound goods train caught fire which was spotted by the guard and nearby stations were informed. On the receipt of the information around two dozen vehicle tender vehicles were rushed to the spot and controlled the fire.
The exact reason of the fire could not be ascertained, the railways have started investigation into the matter to find the reason behind the fire. Around 100 employees of railway and fire brigade department were engaged in pacifying the fire.
Taking precautionary measure the MPSEB employees switched off the power of the nearby areas. Several trains were delayed by hours due to the fire. The trains good was pulled by two engines and out of which one of the engines caught fire.