Hyderabad, March 25 -- Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday directed the police authorities to conduct a comprehensive investigation into a series of fire accidents reported at the ongoing construction sites in the capital region of Amaravati with focus on a possible conspiracy behind the incidents.

A massive fire erupted at a stockyard belonging to a major infrastructure company taking up the construction of the head of department (HOD) towers at Rayapudi village of Amaravati after 11 pm on Monday.

Guntur superintendent of police Vakul Jindal, who rushed to the spot and assessed the situation, told reporters that around 22 lots of permanent lubricated bundles of pipes were gutted in the fire. Firefighting teams ...