Kanpur: If a fire incident remains unattended by the fire tenders, the leaps of fire damage additionally. Such instance surfaced in the city's Barra area on Tuesday late night.
Despite immediate information to the nearby Fire station, the tenders reached the spot two hours late as was reported. It was also told that there was a big loss due to this fire in the medical shop.
A medical store at the World Bank Sector D caught fire fiercely. The owner tried to inform the Fire Station but the phone was not picked up in his initial attempts.
However, the information was noted down. There was a delay in the arrival of the fire tenders but with the support of area people, the fire was anyhow doused with the water.
The police told that the short circuit was the cause of the fire. There was sparking in a wire adjacent to the meter installed in the shop.
