Furniture shop gutted in Taat Mill area, none injured

TNN | Updated: Apr 26, 2020, 12:42 IST

The fire destroyed the first floor of the shop

KANPUR: A furniture shop was gutted in a major fire near Taat Mill area on Saturday evening. According to senior fire officer, the information of the incident was received in the evening at the fire control office. Within minutes, four fire tenders were rushed to the incident spot.
On reaching the spot, the fire officer said that they noticed the first floor of the furniture shop was up in flames and some material was also stored there.
Within minutes, the fire completely destroyed the furniture material including beds, sofas, chairs and other items. In all four fire tenders were used and the fire was controlled later.
According to the fire department sources, the major cause of fire was electrical short-circuit sparking in the electrical panel.
SP East Raj Kumar Agarwal said that as the furniture items stored in the shop were highly inflammable, the fire spread at immense speed.
No injury or loss of life was reported in the incident, said the officer further.