Bengaluru, May 14 -- A major fire broke out at a plastic warehouse in Bengaluru's Nayandahalli under the jurisdiction of the Byatarayanapura Police Station on Thursday morning, May 14, after a suspected short circuit, destroying scrap materials worth several lakhs of rupees.

According to police, the warehouse belonged to Kundan, a businessman originally from Tamil Nadu, who had been operating the scrap storage facility for the past two years. The incident occurred at around 8 am when a short circuit allegedly triggered the blaze inside the godown.

Officials said the warehouse stored large quantities of second-hand Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic materials near the banks of the Vrishabhavathi canal. Due to the highly inflammable nature ...