A terrible fire broke out in Puri’s shopping complex, 40 shops were burnt to ashes, three people were unconscious, more than a hundred people were rescued. Fire in Odisha’s Puri shopping complex guts 40 shops, rescues three unconscious more than 100 people

Orissa A massive fire at a shopping complex in K Puri on Wednesday night gutted 40 shops, and over 100 people were rescued. Gokul Ranjan Das of IIC Town Police Station said so on Grand Road Fire at Lakshmi Market Complex Three people were injured. The cause of the fire is not yet known. Firefighters are on the scene. Efforts are underway to control the fire.

According to police, the fire broke out at a cloth shop on the first floor of Lakshmi Market Complex at Marichikot Chawk on Grand Road around 9 pm. He said that 40 shops in the shopping complex were gutted and five fire tenders were deployed to douse the fire.

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Odisha | A fire broke out at Lakshmi Market Complex in Puri. Three people were injured and admitted to hospital. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Firefighters are on the scene. Efforts to douse the fire: Gokul Ranjan Das, IIC Town Police Station, Puri pic.twitter.com/RJ12Xxb3nH

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Three people were found unconscious

Police said the three people trapped on the roof of the building were unconscious and taken to the district hospital by firemen. He said, there is a hotel on one floor of this building located near the century-old Jagannath temple. Around 106 tourists from Nashik, Maharashtra were rescued from the hotel safely.

The fire is suspected to have started from an electrical short circuit

Deputy Fire Officer Pradeep Kumar Raut said that 90 percent of the fire was brought under control by 10:30 pm. Puri Sub-Collector Bhavataran Sahu said that we are yet to confirm how the fire started. Police suspect that the fire may have started from an electrical short circuit.

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