Electrical shop gutted in Mancherial

Mancherial District Fire Officer B Ajay Kumar said electrical lamps, wires, switches, etc., in one of the shops of a complex at the CCC Corner were reduced to ashes, when the outlet caught fire around 11.30 pm.

Mancherial: Electrical goods in an outlet were gutted when a power transformer caught fire at the Coal Chemical Complex (CCC) Corner in Naspur mandal on Saturday night. The loss of property was estimated to be Rs 4 lakh.

Mancherial District Fire Officer B Ajay Kumar said electrical lamps, wires, switches, etc., in one of the shops of a complex at the CCC Corner were reduced to ashes, when the outlet caught fire around 11.30 pm.

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A fire engine from Mancherial rushed to the spot and doused the flames. The fire fighters prevented flames spreading to other shops in the complex.

Station Fire officer A Devender and Leading fire officer T Mallaiah took part in the firefighting exercise.