A massive fire accident took place today in a store of the electricity department office in the Karimnagar district headquarters.
Scores of electric transformers were gutted in the accident. However no human loss took place.
According to the details available, the accident took place due to a short circuit.
The authorities of the fire department rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control.
Upon receiving the information, minister Gangula Kamalakar, district Collector K Shashanka and Police Commissioner V B Kamalasan Reddy visited the accident site.
The minister ordered a detailed inquiry into the issue.
This is the second fire accident related to the electricity department of the state after
the recent Srisailam power house accident that claimed the lives of 9 people.