Fire breaks out in chit fund office

Furniture, files destroyed in the blaze

MADURAI

A fire broke out on the second floor of a multi-storey building on Vakkil New Street near Simmakkal here on Sunday. Furniture and files at a private chit fund office were destroyed in the fire.

Eyewitnesses said that they saw grey smoke emanating from Universal Chit Fund’s office in the building at 11.45 a.m. Smoke was coming out from a small cavity created for the air-conditioning system.

M.D. Mustak from Bihar, who was living on the third floor of the building, said that he did not notice the fire at first. He noticed it only when he rushed downstairs after hearing people screaming.

An official of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation said that the fire was caused by electric short-circuit. “After we got a call, we reached the spot around 12 noon and immediately suspended power supply to the building,” said the official.

Personnel from Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services station at Periyar bus stand put out the fire by 1 p.m. Police officers from Thilagar Thidal police station, meanwhile, diverted traffic on the busy road.

By the time the fire was extinguished, most of the articles kept on the floor had been damaged.

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