A massive fire broke out at a private resort on Tuesday, near the Sonapur area in the Kamrup Metropolitan district of Assam, according to police reports.
"The fire broke out in a room of the Central Clinical Laboratory on the first floor of the old building of the government-run hospital," said Dr Abhijit Sharma, Superintendent, of Guwahati medical college.
"Over 300 shops were destroyed in the fire but no casualties were reported in the incident, said Pulak Mahanta, the Deputy Commissioner of Jorhat on Friday.