The lorry carrying cotton gutted in Gadwal
Update: 2019-11-14 22:15 IST
Gadwal: A cotton lorry was gutted in Gadwal on Thursday. According to eyewitnesses, the lorry carrying the cotton bales from Gadwal cotton market to a cotton mill on the outskirts of the town went up in flames when the cotton came in contact with a live wire that led to sparks and eventually fire.
Within few minutes, the entire cotton load, worth lakhs, was reduced to ashes. The police and fire department authorities rushed to the spot and tried to douse the flames.