A loss of about ₹6 crore is estimated after a fire broke out at a three-storied commercial complex in the Uma Nagar locality of Anantapur city on Sunday morning.The cause of fire is being investigated.
District Fire Officer V. Sreenivas Reddy said since the fire broke out sometime between 3.30 a.m. and 4 a.m., all shops in the Sri Varadaya Complex were closed at the time of the incident and no injury to humans was reported.
It took the fire department four tenders, 40 personnel and nearly six hours to bring the flames under control. An LPG cylinder burst in the kitchen of the hotel on the ground floor and fueled the fire further. The personnel removed six other cylinders from the complex reducing the danger of further blasts.
