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Major fire at iconic Meenakshi temple brought under control, no casualties reported
February 3, 2018
A major fire broke out at the Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu last night which gutted at least 10 nearby shops. There are no reports of any casualty or injury.
“We got information about the fire in shops near the 1,000 pillar mandapam in the temple. We rushed five fire tenders and controlled the fire from spreading,” the senior fire service official told IANS over phone from Madurai.
“There is no damage for the temple. The old wooden door was saved by preventive action,” he said.
Collector K Veera Raghava Rao rushed to the temple as the news spread. He personally supervised the rescue effort.
The firefighters and the authorities were keen to prevent the fire from spreading to the museum on the premises. The fire was brought under control around midnight.
