Kanpur: People started running to and fro as three shops caught fire here on Tuesday afternoon.
As usual there was enough movement of the people around the Ramadevi crossing here. When a godown of dona-pattal caught fire its leaping flares took into grip two other shops like one general store and secondly iron godown.
Seeing the dangerous situation the shopkeepers remained fearful of reaching its hot flares to more shops.
But three tenders of the Fire Brigade were put into service for extinguishing the fire. It took a considerable time in controlling the fire.
