Five shops gutted in fire in Palghar district

At least five shops were destroyed in a fire in the Kasa area of Maharashtra's Palghar district on Friday morning, but no casualty was reported, police said.

The fire broke out at around 5.30 am and was extinguished within half an hour, a police official said. At least five shops, some of them selling footwears and gift items were gutted, he said.

The cause of the blaze was not yet known, the official added.