Three persons suffered injuries and goods worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in when a major fire broke out at Gole Bazar market on Sunday, police said.
This is the second major fire incident in days when five persons had lost their lives in a fire incident in a hotel in the city.
The blaze at the Shop in Gole Bazar on Sunday erupted on the fourth floor of the building of Manik Metals located near Peti line comes under Gole Bazar police station limits on Sunday afternoon, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) (City) Vijay Agrawal said.
State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), fire tenders and police personnel rushed to the spot on getting information about the incident, the ASP further said.
They managed to douse the flames after about three hours of hectic efforts, ASP Agrawal said.
Due to the intense heat and smoke, three employees of the shop Prem Kumar Singh, Sukul Kumar Khute and Sapna found difficult to come out who were trapped in the flames, Agrawal said, adding that they jumped from the floor and suffered injuries.
later, the injured were rushed to private hospital for treatment where the condition of the injured were stable, Agrawal added.
The fire brigade and the police personnels were trying to find out if more people were stuck inside the building, the ASP said.
The cause of the blaze was yet to be ascertained, Agrawal added.