Sonitpur (Assam), 1 August (HS): A furniture godown of a businessman named Snigdhajyoti Barua was burnt to ashes due to a massive fire on Subarna Rekha Road in Sonitpur district headquarters Tezpur city on Thursday.

The fire started due to an electrical short circuit. The fire brigade had trouble reaching the spot due to the ongoing construction work of a godown at the site. However, the fire brigade managed to extinguish the fire after a lot of effort.

Goods worth lakhs of rupees were burnt to ashes in the fire. In connection with this arson, the police have registered an FIR and started the legal process.

Hindusthan Samachar / Sriprakash / Manoj Kumar Tayal