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Sixty-nine shops had been completely gutted in a fire that broke out at a market in Odisha’s Keonjhar city, an official mentioned.
Keonjhar tahsildar Ashish Mahapatra mentioned six fire tenders had been pressed into service to place off the flames on Monday night.
There was no report of any casualty, however firefighters confronted difficulties to carry the blaze beneath management attributable to insufficient water provide, he mentioned, including the fire was lastly doused after 7-8 hours.
He mentioned loss estimation course of is underway.
Keonjhar Sub-Collector Ramachandra Kisku mentioned that the precise cause behind the fire that erupted is but to be ascertained nevertheless it was suspected that the flames had been triggered by a brief circuit.
