vijayawadatirupati in a major fire at a fruit market near kedareswaripet in the vijayawada on diwali day 15 shops were completely gutted the loss was expected to be rs 25 lakh as traders suspect sparkles from crackers in a nearby colony might have triggered the fire in the marketkedareswaripet mango market supplies stocks to retailers in the city and neighbouring districts there are 75 shops with stock of fruits worth nearly rs one crore at the time of the accident since it is an offseason for mangoes traders stocked huge quantities of banana and other fruits the vendors said the fire could have been brought under control had the fire tenders reached the spot quicklyin another fire mishap in pedakurapadu constituency in guntur district four thatched houses were destroyed when some firecrackers fell on the roof of one of the housesin yet another fire accident at a fruit shop at isuka veedhi area in tirupati on sunday evening nearly rs 10 lakh worth fruits were destroyed sources said 300 boxes of apples and two tonnes of oranges were destroyed initially it was suspected that electric short circuit could have ignited the fire but police found the power wires intact a case has been booked sources said a major accident was averted as a huge paper godown is located close to the fruit shop