Rangareddy, April 7 -- An operation in Bandlaguda Jagir highlighted a significant shift in how urban fires are being managed in Telangana, specifically through the use of specialised technology to protect human firefighters.

In a "high-tech" intervention, a midnight fire that broke out at a cloth store in Bandlaguda Jagir in Rangareddy district was brought under control by firefighters using four fire engines and a robot after nearly three hours of firefighting operations, with no injuries or casualties reported.

The fire broke out at a G+3 floor building housing a cloth store, opposite Ammavari Temple, with the blaze engulfing the ground plus two upper floors.

Assistant District Fire Officer, Madhapur, Govardhan Reddy said the control...