Morning fire destroys twenty five woollen shops in Gurugram town

Around twenty-five shops burned down completely on Sunday morning after a fire broke out in a woollens market in Gurugram's Pataudi town. The market was set up at the Ramlila Ground.

The Incident

The fire spread so fast that the whole market was covered in flames very quickly. A local woman heard a noise around four in the morning and found that the market was on fire. She tried to warn others, but the blaze had already grown massive by then. Fire engines from Pataudi and Manesar reached the spot and started operations. Fire workers brought the fire under control after working hard. No injuries were reported in this incident.

Market Details

The cause of the fire and the exact value of the damage were not known immediately. Local residents said that a woollens market comes up on the eastern part of Ramlila Ground every year from November to February. This year's market opened on November four under the Himalayan Tribal Trade Association. It had stalls run by vendors from Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. Shopkeepers stated that every shop had winter clothes worth lakhs of rupees. Most of this stock was still unsold because the winter season had not fully started yet.

Context

Temporary winter markets are common across North Indian towns during the cold months, providing seasonal livelihoods for travelling vendors from hill regions. Such densely packed temporary structures often face high safety risks due to limited fire-fighting infrastructure and proximity of stalls. Investigators usually check electrical wiring and cooking sources to find the exact trigger for such sudden blazes.