A major fire broke out in a garments shop and a flour mill at Center Market Sector 8 under Herla police station in Bokaro Steel City on Tuesday evening where goods worth several lakhs rupees were gutted.
“The blaze erupted in the Flour mill which later spread over the next garment shop ‘American looks’. Right now its’ quite difficult to access the actual loss but it may be assumed in lakhs,” informed fire officer PF Singh.
The fire tenders succeeded in dousing the fire, after a long struggle of three hours. “More than three firefighting vehicles and hundreds of local people joined hands for the rescue,” said an eyewitness.
The fire got controlled after three hours, which also destroyed several important documents and ledgers, including cash; none were reported injured, said Singh.
“Police and fire brigade officials suspect that a short circuit is the cause of the blaze”.Notably, this devastating blaze has raised concerns though all high rising building at Bokaro and Chas, flouting the fire safety norms.