Guwahati: A major fire erupted on Tuesday morning at Moreh bypass road in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, bordering Myanmar.
The blaze ripped through two wooden houses built on stilts, reducing them to ashes. Thankfully, there were no reported casualties.
The swift action of a neighbour who spotted the flames and alerted the Moreh Substation Fire Department prevented the fire from spreading to nearby houses.
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Firefighters from the Moreh Fire Sub Station, Assam Rifles stationed at Moreh, and Manipur Police coordinated their efforts to extinguish the inferno.
Two fire tenders were deployed to douse the flames effectively.
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The affected houses belonged to Moses Kuki (52) and Halam Baite (42), residents of S Waangamjao village under the Moreh Sub-division.]
The cause of the fire is suspected to be an electrical short circuit, but an official assessment of the property damage is yet to be determined by the Manipur Fire Department.