chandrapur property worth around rs 20 lakh was gutted in a massive fire that reduced a grocery shop to ashes in gadchandur town in korpana tehsil on saturday night investigations revealed that the fire broke out following a short circuit in the electric wiring no casualties were reportedsmoke and flames started emitting from the grocery shop owned by trader ramakant in the weekly market area in gadchandur at around 10pm onlookers immediately informed the shop owner and the local police station while a group of cops rushed to the spot people had started efforts to douse the firesoon the fire brigades from rajura municipal council ambuja manikgarh and ultratech cement factories were summoned to the spot the fire tenders reached the spot by midnight and brought the inferno under control in an hour however by then the entire stock and furniture in the shop had been reduced to ashesfortunately the adjoining shops were saved from the fire police and revenue authorities carried out the panchanama formalities they suspect that the fire might have broken out due to a short circuit in the electric wiring proprietor ramakant komawar has claimed to have suffered loss to the tune of rs 20 lakh