Hyderabad: Shop gutted in fire in Gowliguda

HYDERABAD: A shop of bi-cycle spare parts in Gowliguda area was gutted in fire on Wednesday. However, no injuries or loss of life was reported in the incident.


The fire occurred at around 10.30am when the workers arrived to open the shop.

"It was an old building and its roof collapsed due to the fire. Fortunately, there were no workers inside, however, all the material stored inside was gutted," said Rajkumar, station fire officer.

Three fire tenders and a mist bullet were pressed into service and it took three hours to completely douse the flames.

Fire officers suspect the cause of the fire could be short circuit however.