Warehouse fire devours electronic goods, grocery items

Nagpur: Electronic goods including television sets, refrigerators, laptops, and grocery items worth lakhs were reduced to ashes after a major fire broke out in a warehouse at Nimji, off Amravati road in Kalmeshwar tehsil, on Thursday morning.
“No casualty was reported in the incident,” said fire officials. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, they said.
According to officials, the fire started at the warehouse of TVS Supply Chain Solutions Limited at around 8am. Five fire tenders, including two from Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s fire and emergency services department, were deployed. The fire was brought under control by around 2.30pm.
“Though fire was controlled, the entire shed collapsed and covered the burning items. So smouldering fire was on till late in the day as firefighters struggled to target it beneath the collapsed shed,” the said.