Timber worth 1 crore gutted

Timber worth 1 crore gutted
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A timber depot caught on a fire due to the short circuit in the early hours of Tuesday on Mydukur road. According to the Star Timber Depot owner Mahaboob Basha, fire engulfed in the depot at 2 am and he immediately alerted locals and fire services personnel. Six fire tenders arrived on the spot from different places of the district. 

Proddatur (Kadapa): A timber depot caught on a fire due to the short circuit in the early hours of Tuesday on Mydukur road. According to the Star Timber Depot owner Mahaboob Basha, fire engulfed in the depot at 2 am and he immediately alerted locals and fire services personnel. Six fire tenders arrived on the spot from different places of the district.

Dousing flames became difficult as a fire spread fast through dry logs which were ready for cutting. The fire brought under control after 9 am. District Fire Officer Sambasiva Reddy personally supervised the fire-fighting operations. More than Rs 1 crore worth timber reportedly gutted in the mishap.

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