Mangaluru: In an incident that occurred on Monday morning, a fire reportedly broke out in the L.G electronic showroom situated in the Hotel Maya Internationals building in the city.

The electronic appliances inside the showroom were reportedly destroyed in the fire, resulting in losses that are estimated at lakhs of rupees.

After receiving a call at the Fire Station around 8 am, the officials and staff from the fire rescue services arrived at the incident site and began the operation to extinguish the fire. However, it is learned that by the time they arrived at the site, several electronic appliances had been destroyed in the fire.

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Pune (PTI): A horse was injured and a few vehicles were damaged after a hoarding collapsed due to strong winds in Maharashtra’s Pune city, police said.

The billboard crashed to the ground between 5 pm and 6 pm on Saturday outside a wedding hall near Kavdi Pat toll booth on the Pune-Solapur Highway, an official said.

The incident comes days after a giant illegal billboard in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area collapsed on a petrol pump due to gusty winds and unseasonal rains, killing 16 persons and injuring 75.

Citing preliminary information about the incident in Pune, the police on Saturday said the hoarding collapsed due to strong winds and it fell on a horse, and a few vehicles, including one brought by a band party, outside the Gulmohar Lawns wedding hall.

The injured horse was rescued and taken for treatment, the official said.