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Fire in vegetable market

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, MARCH 28. A fire that broke out in a vegetable market in Royapuram early today was put out in a two-hour-long operation. Fire and Rescue Service personnel said the fire was first noticed in a vegetable shop on Andiappa Gramani Street at around 2.55 a.m.

The two tenders pressed into service put out the blaze at around 5 a.m. An electrical short circuit is suspected to have caused the blaze, the Fire and Rescue Service authorities said.

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