kanpur a major fire broke out in rakhi mandi area on tuesday afternoon gutting all the huts shanty shops and scrap godowns though no casualty was reported in the accident but two stray animals were charred to death the fire started from a shanty shop which soon spread the entire area consisting of several scrap godowns over a dozen fire tenders from different stations were rushed to douse the flames locals of the area also used water buckets to douse the fire huge crowd gathered around the godown premises and the fire tenders had a tough time in managing the people assistance from local police was taken to control the crowd talking to times of india a fire safety officer told that the fire tenders from colonelganj fire station latouche road and meerpur were called to douse the fire the fire spread from a corner of the market as plastic scrap and other flammable items were stocked therein the fire spread very quickly the smoke had filled the entire area which gave a difficult time to firemen said the fire official further