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A occurrence broke retired astatine the Unit-I Haat, the largest regular marketplace successful the Odisha capital, successful Bhubaneswar connected Wednesday (October 22, 2025), destroying astir 30 shops and damaging spot worthy crores of rupees, officials said.
There were nary reports of casualties oregon injuries successful the incident, which required much than 2 hours to beryllium brought nether control, they said.
Chief Fire Officer (Odisha) Ramesh Chandra Majhi said the blaze, which started successful 1 of the market shops astir 2.20 p.m., rapidly dispersed to adjacent stores owed to the beingness of inflammable materials.
As galore arsenic 11 occurrence tenders and 140 unit were deployed to incorporate the blaze, Mr. Majhi said.
He added that the occurrence presumption received accusation astir 2.40 p.m. and firefighters reached the tract wrong 5 minutes.
He said the nonstop origin of the occurrence was yet to beryllium ascertained.
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Sulochana Das said unorganised layout of the shops made it hard for the occurrence teams to douse the flames.
