Fire broke out at a vegetable market here on Tannery Road in the early hours of Saturday . No casualty was reported in the incident.
Though the exact cause of the fire is yet to be traced, the police suspect that the mishap could have happened due to a discarded cigarette. Property worth Rs. 1.2 lakh were destroyed in the fire, the police said.
The incident came to light when a passerby noticed a thick smoke bellowing from one of the shops. He immediately raised an alarm and informed the Fire and Emergency Services Department. Two Fire and Emergency Services personnel were pressed into the service. It took nearly two hours for them to douse the flames.
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