Fire at bakery in Nashik, none hurt

Nashik, Jul 25: Fire gutted a prominent bakery shop situated on the busy College Road here today, though no one was hurt in the mishap, police said. The blaze erupted at the 'Bangalore Iyengar Bakery' early today.

Some passers-by noticed smoke emanating from the shop and informed the fire brigade cell of Nashik Municipal Corporation. Subsequently, fire-fighting tenders of the civic body rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control.

The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, an official at Sarkarwada police station said. According to fire brigade sources, the food items in the shop like cakes, doughnuts, breads, cookies and other bakery material were gutted in the blaze.

The wall of a shop near the bakery was also damaged after an LPG cylinder exploded following the fire, police said.

PTI