Palghar, Oct 29 (PTI) Six shops were gutted in a fire that broke out in a market in Nalasopara in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Saturday evening, a civic official said.

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No one was injured in the blaze, which took place at 7:45 pm and was doused an hour later, the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation official said.

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"Some of the shops were selling firecrackers. Two fire engines were deployed in the dousing operation. The cause of the fire is being probed," he said.

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