A major fire engulfed the Odisha Saree Centre at Hanuman Bazaar here on Tuesday evening and reduced all the goods stored in the godown to ashes.
The estimated value of property destroyed was more than Rs 50 lakh.
Getting information, 10 fire tenders from the city and its periphery to the spot and brought the fire under control after slogging for more than three hours. Fortunately there were no casualties in the mishap.
Though many shops were located near the saree showroom, luckily the fire didn’t spread to them. From the preliminary inquiry it was ascertained that an electrical short circuit was cause of the mishap, said Southern Region Fire Officer Jagga Rao. He also alleged that no fire safety measures were taken up by the showroom management.
He further said as such type of incidents are occurring frequently on the instruction of the Fire Services DG notices have been issued to as many as 50 business establishments, multistoried apartments and shopping malls. He warned that the apartments, malls and other business establishments which fail to install fire safety equipments would be sealed.