Fire in store,goods worth crores gutted

The store sold goods ranging from garments to food items and sources said the owner suffered losses in crores in the fire that broke out around 7 am.

The fire officials also rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. Kartar Singh,Assistant Divisional Fire Officer (ADFO),said: “A short circuit in the air-conditioner could be responsible for the fire.”

More than 100 fire tenders were engaged in the fire-fighting operations in an attempt to prevent the fire from spreading to the nearby areas,including a residential complex. “Though the entire building was gutted in the fire,we were able to prevent it from spreading to other buildings,” the ADFO added.

Short circuit has been the main reason behind most of the recent fire incidents that the city has witnessed. More than a dozen incidents of fire have been reported in the last two months.

The blaze spreads

Besides minor fire incidents reported in last some weeks,there have been more than six major fire incidents in the last two months.

April 24: A paint godown at Millerganj area gutted in fire,loss of over Rs 20 lakh

April 24: A godown in Focal point catches fire,loss in lakhs

April 22: Fire at a textile mill in New Kidwai Nagar

April 18: 12 jhuggis gutted in fire at Koom Kalan

April 14: Box manufacturing factory in Shivpuri locality goes up in flames; damage in lakhs

April 13: Hosiery factory on Noorwala road in Basant Vihar area; loss in lakhs

March 30: Goods worth over Rs 1.5 lakh destroyed in the Basti Jodhewal area

March 23: A shop near Cheema Chowk goes in flames; damage assessed at Rs 1 crore