Ludhiana, May 14: A MAJOR fire broke out in a furniture showroom that is situated in the Ranjit Tower building on the Pakhowal road, this evening at about 8.20 p.m. There were about four or five persons including some customers present in the showroom when the fire broke out.

The fire broke out in the Laurel Furniture showroom in Ranjit Tower building. According to Deepak Kumar, who is an employee at the showroom, the fire broke out suddenly after a spark like noise. He said at that time some customers were also present in the showroom. All the persons immediately rushed out. Of Soon the fire spread in the entire showroom.

The fire brigade staff reached the spot after everybody receiving the information about fire.Three fire engines reached the building to douse the fire. The SP (Detective) Gurpreet Singh Toor and Sarabha Nagar DSP R.K. Bakshi also reached the spot to take stock of the situation. Till the filing of this report the fire had not been controlled and the cause of the fire had not been ascertained. Almost all the furniture in this showroom had been gutted in the fire and the roof of the showroom got also damaged.