Fishing equipment, nets, shops gutted in fire in TN

Fishing equipment, nets and diesel meant for boats, worth several lakhs of rupees were destroyed in a fire here today in which 19 shops were gutted, police said.

However, no one was injured in the incident, police said.

The fire started in a shop selling stocks of nets, equipment and fuel and the blaze spread rapidly to similar shops in the neighbourhood. Some 19 shops were gutted.

Two fire tenders and dozens of firefighters were deployed who fought for over two hours to put out the blaze.

Local revenue, municipal and police authorities inspected the spot to ascertain the cause of the sudden fire.
 

No further information was available and inquiry by multiple government authorities are still on.