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.
"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.
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.
As per information, a fire broke out in a chips manufacturing unit near the civil station and later spread to nearby shops, and triggered the cylinder explosion.
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