Gurugram: Fire in liquor shop, foreign liquor worth Rs 4-5 crore gutted

Gurugram (IANS) | A liquor shop caught fire on Sunday in Sector-55 near Golf Course Road in Gurugram. Foreign liquor worth Rs 4 to 5 crore was gutted in this fierce fire. According to fire officials, they received information about the fire at the liquor shop around 6.30 am. After this, immediately fire engines were sent to the spot. However, no casualty has been reported in this incident.

He said the staff of the liquor shop first tried to douse the fire on their own, but were not successful. After this he informed the fire department.

Fireman Jasbir of Sector-29 fire station said that when we reached the spot, the fire had started emanating from the liquor shop named ‘The Liquor Fort’ in the morning. Fire tenders reached the spot and completely controlled the fire, till then the stock of foreign liquor worth Rs 4 to 5 crores was burnt in the shop.

He said that seven vehicles of the fire department had reached the spot to control the fire. The fire brigade brought the fire under control after about an hour’s effort.

The cause of the fire is being ascertained by the fire department officials, but electrical short circuit is believed to be the most likely cause of the fire.

–IANS