Gurugram: Around 25 shops were completely gutted after a fire broke out at a woollens market at the Ramlila Ground in Gurugram’s Pataudi town on Sunday morning, a fire officer said.
The fire spread rapidly, engulfing the entire market, the officer said.
On receiving information, fire tenders from Pataudi and Manesar rushed to the spot and began firefighting operations. Fire personnel brought the blaze under control after strenuous efforts. No injuries have been reported, he added.
An official said a woman in the area heard a noise around 4 am and discovered that the market was on fire. She alerted others, but by then, the blaze had become massive.
The cause of the fire and the full extent of the damage were not immediately known.
Local residents said a woollens market is set up every year from November to February in the eastern part of the Ramlila Ground in Pataudi. This year, it opened on November 4 under the aegis of the Himalayan Tribal Trade Association, with stalls run by vendors from Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
According to shopkeepers, each shop stocked winter clothing worth lakhs of rupees. Much of the stock remained unsold as the winter season had yet to set in fully.