India News | HP-FIRE–DAMAGE Fire Breaks out at Shimla Plant, Property Worth Rs 1.5 Crore Gutted

Shimla, May 25 (PTI) Property worth over Rs 1.5 crore was gutted in a fire that broke out at a government carding plant at a village here on Thursday morning, police said.

The blaze was reported around 9.30 am at Bukshar village in the Rohru area here, they added.

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It took the fire department three hours to douse the fire, which damaged the entire building housing four rooms and a hall, the police said.

The wool, machines and other equipment in the plant also got burnt, the officials said.

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According to a preliminary investigation, the fire broke out due to a short circuit, the police said, adding that no casualties were reported.

Carding is a mechanical process that disentangles, cleans and inter-mixes fibres to produce individual fibres in usable form.

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