At least 50 teams of the fire department were engaged to control the blaze, which broke out on Friday, officials said, adding that a team each from State Disaster Response Force and National Disaster Response Force were also pressed into service to douse the flames.
Five fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze, officials said, adding that the fire was brought under control after more than two hours.
"The incident took place at Hauriapet market area near Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar district where at least 12-15 shops and business establishments were gutted in the blaze", Nur Mohammad, president of Hauriapet market management committee said.
Some documents and office records were gutted in a fire that broke out at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Delhi's Rohini on Wednesday, officials said.
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"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.
The fire broke out inside the building at 4:30 am on Sunday morning. It is located about 150 meters from Oak-Over, the CM's residence, and it was vacant, officials said.
Allegedly, a power line which is passing over the shops snapped resulting in the fire, which then spread to nearby shops after gas cylinders in the shops exploded.