Sangareddy/Hyderabad, May 15 (Hydnow): A footwear shop was reduced into ashes as a fire broke out in the shop at midnight at Ashok Nagar in Ramachandrapuram mandal in the early hours of Wednesday.
After noticing the smoke from the shop, the neighbors informed the shop owner who in turn called the fire department officials.
Meanwhile, the locals had tried to control the fire to restrict it from spreading to neighboring shops by watering it.
However, the shop was reduced to ashes by the time the fire tender was rushed to the location. An electric short circuit is expected to be the reason for the fire accident. The loss was not immediately ascertained. (Hydnow)
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