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3 shops at Sankhali market gutted in midnight fire, losses pegged at `60L By Navhind Times - 2025-09-24 0 1 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp

NT Reporter

Sankhali

A massive fire broke out in the Sankhali Municipal Market around 1.30 am on Monday, gutting three shops and causing estimated losses of about Rs 60 lakh. Firefighters from the Bicholim and Valpoi fire stations battled the blaze for nearly two hours before it was brought

under control.

The blaze, initially suspected to have been triggered by a short circuit, completely destroyed a grocery store, a clothing shop and another store.

Bicholim Fire Department officer Rahul Desai said a bigger tragedy was averted when a filled gas cylinder was safely removed. “The fire was brought un

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