Around three dozen cracker shops were today gutted in a fire which erupted from a spark in a cracker shop near Sahajanva railway station in the district.
The fire which started from a spark in a cracker shop around 10.30 am, soon spread to all the shops set up there for selling crackers, Sahajanva police station in charge Sriprakash Yadav said.
Fire tenders rushed to the area managed to douse the flames, Yadav said, adding that there is no report of any loss of life in the incident.