Fire guts grocery shop at Thangmeiband
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 13 2023:
A grocery shop in Thangmeiband Polem Leikai under Imphal police station has been gutted in a fire that broke out on Monday morning.
The ill-fated shop belonged to one Paonam Bahadur (Yaima) Singh (84)s/o Kanhai Singh of Thangmeiband Polem Leikai.
According to a report, the shop suddenly went up in flames around 2am Monday.
Upon receiving news of the fire, a team of ImphalFire Service and Imphal West district police arrived at the scene and tried to put out the fire which they managed around 5am.However, the shop had been reduced to smithereens.
Although the cause of the fire not yet known, it is suspected to have been ignited by electric short circuit.