AALO, May 16: In a devastating fire incident that broke out at New Market Aalo, at least 15 shops were reduced to ashes in the wee hours of Wednesday.
No casualties have been reported but properties worth crores have been lost in the inferno.
‘As soon as we got the call, fire tenders, civil police, Indian Army personnel and members from Air Force rushed to the site to control the fire,’ informed a police officer.
He further added that the cause of inferno is yet to be ascertained and further investigation is underway.
New Market has a number of shops and is one of the busiest markets in Aalo, the headquarters of West Siang District.