Cables worth 1 crore gutted

Tirupati: In a major fire accident near Tirupati Railway Station yard, cables worth Rs 1 crore were gutted. The incident took place on Friday afternoon. The 6th platform construction works have been going on at brisk pace at the station for quite some time.

The contractor, who was doing the works, has procured cable communication material which consists of optical fibre cables and dumped near the yard. Suddenly fire erupted in the yard and the entire cables were burnt.

GRP CI Aseervadam, RPF CI Saidaiah rushed to the spot along with their staff and took relief measures and informed Fire Services department.