Ludhiana, Nov. 25 -- A four-storey electrical goods store in Book Market was gutted late Sunday evening. The blaze broke out at Baldev Electricals around 7 pm and the fire brigade called off operations only around 9 am on Monday, according to the fire control room.

"It was a major fire call. Eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot from around four fire stations in the city," said fire officer Jaswinder Singh. The shop had closed around 5 pm on Sunday. Around 7 pm, people in the area noticed smoke emerging from the building and informed the owner. "We have a half day on Sundays in the market. We shut the shop around 5 pm and came back home. Around 7 pm, I started getting calls from people around the shop that they were seeing smoke eme...