Hyderabad: A major fire broke out in a furniture workshop at IS Sadan in Madannapet on Thursday morning triggering panic among residents. However, no one was injured in the incident.
As the shutters of the workshop were closed, the fire department personnel, who rushed to the spot after receiving a call to its control room, cut the shutters using gas cutters and entered the premises to carry out fire fighting operations. They also took necessary steps to prevent the flames from spreading to the residential buildings abutting the workshop.
After battling for an hour, the firemen brought the situation under control bringing a major relief to the residents and the workshop owners. Though the exact reasons behind the incident were yet to be known, officials of the fire department said that electrical short-circuit could be one of the causes for the mishap.
The officials said efforts were on to collect more details from the workshop owners to find out the reasons for the fire accident and added that four fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames.
