Over 30 shops were gutted last night in a major fire that broke out tonight at Baghad Mandi in Channi Himmat area of City.
Police sources said that a major fire broke out tonight at about 9:15 in Baghad Mandi market in which around 30-35 shops gutted. They said as the market is very congested and many shops were made of tarpaulin, the fire spread very fast.
“As soon as the fire was detected, police and fire extinguishing teams with fire tenders rushed to the spot. The fire was controlled within one hour but the flames were completely doused in around two hours, sources said.
They said no loss of life or injury was reported in the fire but goods worth lakhs were damaged. Sources said, the reason of the fire could not be known immediately. Police Station Channi Himmat had taken cognizance of the matter.
