Udupi: A major fire broke out in a furniture shop and nearby restaurant in Laxmindranagar at Udupi – Manipal Road here in the early morning of Thursday April 21.
The fire broke out in a furniture showroom which further spread to adjacent furniture shop and both the furniture showroom and the nearby Sudha Restaurant got gutted in the fire.
As per the Fire and Emergency Services Department sources the fire broke out due to a short circuit in furniture shop.
Several fire tenders from various fire stations along with the police rushed to the spot and carried out efforts to douse the major fire. Various furnitures like sofa sets, bed sets and other furniture items in the showrooms got completely gutted and the loss has been estimated at more than Rs. 40 lakh.