Hyderabad: Fire breaks out in pharma shop at Kukatpally

Hyderabad: A major fire broke out in a pharma shop at the industrial area in Prashanth Nagar in Kukatpally on Saturday afternoon. No casualties were reported, police said. Officials suspect a short circuit led to the fire. Staff who were at work noticed the fire and thick smoke from a load dumped in the shop, […]

Hyderabad: A major fire broke out in a pharma shop at the industrial area in Prashanth Nagar in Kukatpally on Saturday afternoon. No casualties were reported, police said. Officials suspect a short circuit led to the fire.

Staff who were at work noticed the fire and thick smoke from a load dumped in the shop, which is located on the first floor of a building. They alerted the fire department and police, after which a fire engine rushed to the spot and doused the fire within an hour.

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“It is a market place and the shop was full of plastic, fibre, pharma material and inflammable material. Though there were employees present inside at the time of mishap, none were hurt,” an official said, adding that the cost of the property damaged was yet to be estimated.

The Kukatpally police are investigating.

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