Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 01 2009:
Atleast eight shops have been gutted in a devastating fire that broke at Patsoi Bazar this evening.
According to information received from the Fire Service Department, the incident occurred at around 6 pm.
In all eight shops located on the ground floor of a building have been gutted but the exact estimation of the loss is yet to be worked out.
The shops were located in front of K Nillo Oil Pump at Patsoi and it took about 45 minutes by the fire service personnel to extinguished the fire.
The shops that have been gutted in the fire included four Pan Dukans, two shops selling fuel/petrol, one battery repairing shop and one grocery shop.
Besides, the eight shops, two rooms in the first upper floor of the same building have suffered also damage in the fire though two others and the office of the SDC Patsoi located on the second floor of the same building could be saved from the devastating fire.