 Early Times Report
Vijaypur , Sept 29: Goods worth lakhs, including readymade and cosmetics were reduced to ashes as two shops in Main Bazar of Vijaypur caught fire today. Three fire tenders from Vijaypur and Ramgarh were rushed to the spot. It almost took 4 hours for the fire officials to control the situation.
The shops, including Muskan Beauty Parlor and Ajay Readymade Store having readymade and cosmetic merchandise were completely gutted in the fire that broke out following sparking in one of these shops.
According to Ajay Kumar Sharma, owner of the Ajay Readymade Store, "At around 6:15 am, neighboring shopkeepers saw a huge spark in front of my shop and immediately informed me the minute they saw it entering my shop.
Before I could reach the venue, fire had already engulfed the third floor after completely gutting everything on the ground and the first floor.
The fire outbreak is expected to have caused a damage of around Rs 30 lakh in both the shops. |
