India, March 16 -- A fire, suspected to have erupted after a short circuit, gutted dozens of temporary shops at the Dastkar Nature Bazaar in south Delhi on Sunday, causing heavy losses to shopkeepers as carpets, shawls and other handloom products went up in flames. There were no casualties in the blaze, which took over an hour to subdue, said police.

According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the department received a call about the fire at around 7:37 am from Ambedkar Colony in the Nature Bazaar complex, Mehrauli. "Six fire tenders were initially rushed to the spot soon after. When officials reached the spot, they found that the blaze had spread quickly as several stalls stocked highly flammable items such as carpets, sarees, shawls an...