Nearly 60 PVC pipes worth lakhs of rupees were reduced to ashes near the Hulhulia Bridge of the Musa river here on Friday evening.
The pipes of one feet width and 20 feet long kept near the river for cleaning of mud suddenly caught fire.
The fire personnel reached the spot and managed to dough the fire but about 60 pipes had turned into ashes completely.
Though the cause of fire is still unknown, however it is suspected that it as an act of arson. “Only 10 to 15 pipes are safe and remaining has reduced to ashes,” said a fire fighting team member Malay Kumar Mohanty.
The pipes belong to one Bhubaneswar-based contractor Pratap Chandra Parida.