Fire gutted three shops in Diphu during Diwali

DIPHU — A total of three shops, located adjacent to Shree Mangal Showroom, dealing in readymade garments in Diphu town, were destroyed in a devastating fire that broke during Diwali celebration.

According to eye witnesses, the incident happened around 6:30 am in the morning. The cause of fire was suspected to be from electric short circuit.

In the incident, a shop selling bakery products, a popular ‘Ramaji Pan Shop’ and a hardware shop selling plastic chairs and other hardware items were completely burned to ashes.

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Eye witnesses informed that all the three shops were engulfed by fire within no time. Items worth lakhs of rupees stored inside the shops were completely burned.

A businessman said that fire fighters were immediately informed but the fire consumed the shops before they arrived.

Shree Mangal showroom was also partial damaged as 8 exhaust fans of the AC fitted on the wall outside were damaged.