Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirapalli/UNI: As many as 20 huts and tin sheet-roofed houses were destroyed in a fire at MGR Nagar in Sangiliyandapuram locality here on Monday.
Police said the blaze broke out in the early hours of the day when the people of the colony were asleep.
Though neither any casualty nor any injuries were reported in the fire, properties worth several thousands of rupees were reduced to ashes.
Around 40 personnel of Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services department along with fire tenders from Tiruchirappalli city, Srirangam and Navalpattu stations rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire after a two-and-half hour intense fire fighting operation.
The team prevented the fire from spreading to other houses. There were more than 100 huts and tin sheet roofed houses in the colony.
Though the cause of fire is under investigation, police suspect that an electrical short circuit might have ignited the fire.
Palakkarai police have registered a case and investigating.
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