The fire is said to have been triggered by a short-circuit at the house of Chewang Dorjee Bhutia at around 4:40 am in the morning and soon the fire spread rapidly devouring five shops rented out in the house destroying properties worth lakhs of rupees.
The house owner has claimed damages worth Rs. 2 lakhs while shopkeeper Chota Lal Prasad had to bear damages over Rs. 15 lakhs as his entire grocery items like potatoes and stationeries items were burnt down by the fire. Three other shopkeepers Chime Bhutia, Gaganath, Uma Sankar Prasad and Md Alam saw their shops razed to the ground by the fire.
The news of the fire had been immediately notified to the local cops who then alerted the fire station which is bit far from the town area. By the time the fire personnel arrived at the spot, much damage had been already done and nothing much could be saved due to lack of sufficient water available with the firemen.
The general public has demanded that the fire station should be relocated within the town area so as to have quicker response in future.
This is the second time that such an incident has been reported in Sikkim. Recently, a midnight inferno on October 13 had gutted down five shops in Rangpo and the State Fire Services department had received much flak from the people
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