A fire broke out in south Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar Market on Tuesday, destroying four shops and several temporary stalls.
Senior fire department officials said the blaze is suspected to have been caused by a short circuit inside one of the shops, adding that no casualty was reported.
Delhi Fire Service (DFS) chief Atul Garg said the incident was reported around 2:20 a.m., following which five fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
Ashok Randhawa, president, Sarojini Nagar Mini Market Traders’ Association, said he will write to the Delhi government seeking compensation for the damaged shops. “We have suffered losses worth lakhs and most of the garments and other cloth stacked inside the shops were all burnt,” he added.
