Kanpur: Two timbers shops were gutted into the fire due to an electric short circuit in Bansmandi locality here on Sunday morning.
The leaps of fire caused a commotion as people came out of their houses.
On the phone call, the police force from two stations viz Raipurwa and Anwarganj reached on the spot.
Immediately two fire tenders from Latouche Road fire station arrived. It took one and half an hour to douse the fire.
Although the loss in lakhs was reported yet the police told the estimation was in progress.
