Fire destroys sugarcane in Pondy

Pondicherry, May 23 (UNI) Sugarcane worth several lakhs was destroyed in a major fire at Suthukkeni, near here, today.

According to Fire Service sources, the fire which was noticed in the field of one Thyagarajan of Kumarapalayam, later spread to the adjoining fields.

Fire tenders from Thirukkanur and Gorimedu had to grapple with the fire for two hours before the blaze was brought under control.

The cause of the fire was yet to be assertained, they added.

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