Property worth more than Rs 50 lakh was gutted in a fire that took place in a well-known computer shop of Dhanbad on Wednesday night. The incident came to light at the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday at around 12.30 am and the fire was completely extinguished at around 3.30 am.
The incident happened in Jhaharia Computers situated in Bank More area less than three km away from the Dhanbad district headquarters.
Neighbours who first noticed the smoke coming out of the shop informed the shop owner, Vikash Jhajharia. He informed Prabhat Surolia, President of Bank More Chamber of Commerce, who called the Bank More police station and district fire service at around 1.38 am.