Ludhiana: Fire in Sarabha Nagar house after short-circuit in AC

No casualty was reported, though the family incurred losses as a few furniture items also caught fire. A passerby is said to have alerted the fire officials after seeing smoke rising out of the house in Sarabha Nagar of Ludhiana

Fire broke out at a house in Block-1 of Sarabha Nagar on Wednesday evening after a short-circuit occurred in one of the air conditioners (AC). No casualty was reported, though the family incurred losses as a few furniture items also caught fire.

The ashened exteriors of the house in Sarabha Nagar of Ludhiana after a fire mishap on Wednesday morning. (Harsimarpal Singh/HT)

A passerby is said to have alerted the fire officials after seeing smoke rising out of the building.

The owners were trying to douse the flames with the help of a water pipe when the fire brigade reached the spot.

Firefighter Saurav said the incident took place around 6pm and one fire-tender was rushed to the spot. As the family was already working douse to flames with a water-pipe, the flames were controlled in around 10-15 minutes. No injury was reported from the spot.