Cables and electric equipments gutted in fire

The fire broke out this afternoon in main store room of the electricity department gutting several high voltage electricity cables and other electric equipments, they said.

An ember from a 11 KV electric line passing over the store seems to be the reason behind the fire, a Superintending Engineer of the Electricity Department said.

Two fire tenders took nearly two hours to control the blaze.

The store is adjacent to 33 KV sub-station feeding electricity to half of the town here.