Fire accident at Devan Devdi in Hyderabad

According to fire officials, the fire started in a shop located on the first floor of a five-storied building housing commercial establishments and residential flats.

Hyderabad: Property worth lakhs of rupees was gutted in a fire that broke out at a readymade garments store godown at Devan Devdi in old city on Tuesday afternoon. No casualties were reported in the incident.

According to fire officials, the fire started in a shop located on the first floor of a five-storied building housing commercial establishments and residential flats. Fire tenders from Salar Jung Museum and Gowliguda fire stations were rushed to the spot.

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“We had to break open the shop shutters and douse the fire with the help of four fire engines,” said K Sreenivas Reddy, District Fire Officer (south). It took almost two hours for the fire fighters to extinguish the fire.

With the premises located on the first floor and only one stair case leading to it, the fire fighters initially faced problems in reaching to the place. However with more firemen joining the operation it was brought under control.

Tense moments were witnessed with families trapped in the flats on the upper floors rushing out of the houses after noticing the fire on the lower floor of the building. The firemen and local police safely brought them out of the building.

Fire officials suspect that the fire might have started due to short circuit. However, they are investigating.

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