Mysuru, Feb. 24 -- Fire due to short circuit has destroyed household items worth lakhs of rupees at a house in Devaraja Mohalla yesterday.

The fire broke out at the house of one Manjunath, situated on the first floor at the junction of Narayana Shastri Road and Bidaram Krishnappa Road yesterday evening resulting in thick smoke emanating from the house.

Luckily, no loss of lives or injuries took place as the family members were away when the fire broke out. But the neighbours were a panicked lot due to thick black smoke emanating from the house.

Soon, Fire and Emergency Services personnel, who arrived at the spot, began the fire dousing operation and had to use a different extinguisher as the fire was caused by electrical short circuit....