A major fire broke out at a timber factory in Musheerabad area here in the early hours today.
Eight fire engines have been pressed into service.
“No one is injured...Efforts are on to extinguish the fire,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) V.B. Kamalasan Reddy said.
The factory abuts a residential building. Fire-fighters were facing some difficulty as the area is congested, a fire brigade officer said.
According to an eye-witness, the fire erupted at around 2 a.m., but the fire engines reached only at around 4.30 a.m., and the fire is still not out.