Our Correspondent Khanna, September 14 A solid waste godown situated on the Khanna-Samrala road was gutted in a devastating fire that broke out in the wee hours on Saturday. The loss was said to be in lakhs of rupees. As per the information, the godown was owned by Satpal Singh of Khanna. He left the godown last night and his two vehicles and one motor cycle also got gutted in the fire. Harkirat Singh, Fire Officer, Samrala, said someone noticed the fire around 1:40 am and they were informed at 3:30 am. They reached the site at 3:57 am and had to struggle for more than four hours to douse the flames, the fire officer said. As per him the fire tenders were called from Mandi Gobindgarh and Sirhand. Satnam Singh, the owner, said his two vehicles (a truck and a bolero) along with one motorcycle were reduced to ashes in the fire along with other solid waste material. He pegged his loss to be around Rs30-35 lakh. SHO Sadar Khanna Baljinder Singh said they were trying to ascertain the cause of fire and said the fire was under control.

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