Tamil Nadu: Mobile phones gutted in shop fire

Pollachi: Cell phones worth over Rs 4 lakh rupees were gutted in a fire that broke out in a mobile phone showroom near Pollachi on Wednesday night.

According to police, Uvaraj 28 a resident of Ameer Saibu Street in Kotoor near Pollachi owns a mobile phone showroom in the market area. He left for home around 9-45 pm, but shortly later, locals noticed smoking emanating out of the locked showroom and alerted the Pollachi fire station and the local police. 

The neighbors poured water on the showroom, even as fire services vehicle reached the spot within 20 minutes on put out the fire.