LUCKNOW, April 28 -- A massive fire broke out in Lucknow's Faizullahganj on Monday morning, burning more than 60 shanties and items kept in it to ashes. Though there was no loss of life, authorities are yet to identify the cause of the fire.

This comes just days after a similar major fire in the Kaunsi Kheda locality, under the Krishna Nagar Police Station, where a hundred settlements were reduced to ashes, leaving 200-250 people homeless.

According to the fire department, the fire allegedly broke out following an LPG cylinder explosion in Shyam Vihar Colony near Pathak Chauraha. The flames quickly spread to adjacent shanties, turning into a massive blaze, with thick black smoke visible from a distance of up to 10 kilometres.

The fire ...