lucknow a major fire broke out in 35 makeshift shops selling clothes in akbari gate in chowk in the wee hours of friday goods worth lakhs of rupees were damaged some pavement dwellers spotted flames emanating from a shop near the akbari gate and alerted the shop owner syed nazi hussainhussain reached his shop around 430am but by then the fire had spreadfour fire tenders were sent to the spot to douse the flames chief fire officer vijay kumar singh said fire was by short circuit in a shops which later spread to other shops police are investigating if fire safety gadgets had been installed in the shop