Hyderabad: Panic prevailed for some time when the fire broke out in several eateries located along the roadside at Ayyappa Society, Madhapur on Monday afternoon.
The fire started following a short circuit in a shed where several small eateries were located, fire safety officials said. Initially, the fire started at the fast food center and before it could be extinguished it got intensified. Two cylinders at the fast food center exploded resulting in the fire rapidly spreading to a tiffin center, a vegetable and coconut shop, said SFO Madhapur, M A Fazal.
Hearing the loud noise of the explosion the people panicked the fled the spot.
On receiving information, two fire tenders from Madhapur and Filmnagar fire stations rushed to the spot and doused the flames.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.