With a timely intervention, the Fire and Rescue squad on Wednesday night saved a number of shops inside a commercial complex in the city from a massive fire outbreak.
Though a storeroom of a book stall that functioned on the third floor of a commercial building was gutted, the fire’s spread to other shops was averted.
Several bundles of books were destroyed in the late-night fire suspected to caused by an electrical short circuit. According to rescue guards, the fire reportedly broke out from a store room where power back up accessories had also been kept.
