Bokaro, March 8 -- Two general stores were gutted in a major fire that broke out at Rai Chowk in Sector 8/C under Harla police station area of Bokaro district in Jharkhand on Sunday.
According to police sources, the fire spread rapidly. Goods worth several lakhs of rupees kept in R.K. General Store and Pawan General Store were completely destroyed.
Local residents noticed smoke emanating from the shops in the morning and alerted the fire brigade.
Fire department official Raghavendra Kumar Singh said that two fire tenders were sent to the site and the blaze was brought under control after strenuous efforts. Firefighters faced considerable difficulty in dousing the flames. The shutters of the shops had to be broken open first before the fi...