Fire at Bahadurpura commercial-cum- residential building

HYDERABAD

A massive fire broke out at a commercial-cum-residential building at Bahadurpura early on Sunday, though no casualties or injuries have been reported.

The fire, triggered likely by a short-circuit, in the cellar of Yousufain Children Sweets and General Store, quickly gained momentum with plastic and packing material in the godown, according to Chandulal Baradari Station Fire Officer B. Surender Reddy.

“It is a G+4 building where the shop owner lives on the first floor. The shop is on the ground floor, while the cellar, second, third and fourth floors, were being used as godowns,” he said.

Residents acted swiftly and stepped out of the ground floor. Those trapped inside were rescued by locals and fire-fighters.