Short-circuit

Goods worth hundreds of thousands of rupees burnt to ashes

Area residents help control fire, railway authorities to investigate incident

Probe committee formed under additional deputy commissioner

Due to a short circuit

A neighbouring grocery store has also been destroyed by the fire

Police in their initial investigation report said that fire broke out due to short circuiting in the stationary shop

Fire fighters of Rescue 1122 extinguished the fire but not before it had gutted the lab

Rescue 1122 and the police were called and took the injured to the hospital

Locals and police tried to extinguish the fire before firefighters arrived

Fire department has yet to ascertain actual cause

The body was taken to Civil hospital for medico-legal formalities

The fire was controlled in 45 minutes, said a rescue official