In a major fire 12 shops were destroyed at Dundibad at Bokaro in the wee hours on Sunday. Fire engulfed the goods worth several lakhs of rupees, police said.
Fire broke out in a Puja Shop situated at NH-23 at Bokaro after an electric short-circuit. The stiff struggle of fire brigades and fire fighters, fire got controlled after several hours which destroyed Puja goods including others, told an eyewitness. Dundibad is the biggest bazaar of the district and ahead of ‘Chhath’— the auspicious and holiest festival of Hindus all puja shops were full with the stocks. The fire tenders succeeded in dousing the fire, after a long struggle of three hours.
“More than six firefighting vehicles and hundreds of local peoples were joined
hands for the rescue”, added another eyewitness.
“We are probing the reasons behind the eruption of fire, said an official. “Right now its’ quit difficult to access the actual loss but it may assumed in lakhs”, he added.