TEAM HERALD
PORVORIM: Property worth an estimated Rs 5 lakh was gutted when a fire broke out in a house at Moira on Friday morning.
A Mapusa fire services team, led by D Redkar, took part in firefighting operations for nearly three hours, before three fire tenders, including one from the Panjim fire services, extinguished the fire.
Carpentry tools, lamination material and the rafter of the house were destroyed in the fire.
According to reports, the house had been rented out to a carpenter and the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
Firefighters claimed that they managed to save property worth Rs 5 lakh.
