bhopal three furniture shops were gutted in fire after a major fire broke out on monday morning at pul patra fire which was caused after a high tension power supply cable snapped around 2 am it took more than three hours for fire tenders to control the fire loss has been estimated to be around rs 2025 lakh panic prevailed in the area after a fire broke out and called fire tenders owner of shakti timber trading mohammad iqbal said around 245 am high tension power supply line broke and fell over suraksha timber trading which is run by shahid who informed the fire brigade iqbal alleged fire tenders started arriving after sp north arvind saxena and additional district magistrate arrived at the spot assistant fire officer sajid khan however said that the fire tenders had reached the spot immediately after receiving call around 25 fire tenders reached the spot one fire tender carries around 35000 litre water which empties in just 3 minutes had the vehicles not reached the spot on time petrol pump which was close to the fire incident could not have been saved khan asserted he added besides there were drums carrying oil at the petrol pump which could have proved fatal as houses are situated behind the petrol pump