<p>A major fire broke out Wednesday in an Electricity department workshop on Alapur Road, turning a large number of transformers, collected there for repair work, to ashes, a senior official said.</p>.<p>No loss of life was reported and the reason for the fire was not immediately known.</p>.<p>According to UPPCL (Electricity Department) Superintending Engineer (SE) Pradeep Kumar, a fire broke out in the transformer workshop of the division office here.</p>.<p>The rising flames kept people living in nearby colonies in a state of anxiety for a long time, till they were put down by the firefighters after hours of struggle.</p>.<p>The damage caused by the fire, and also the cause behind the blaze, will be assessed soon, Kumar said.</p>
<p>A major fire broke out Wednesday in an Electricity department workshop on Alapur Road, turning a large number of transformers, collected there for repair work, to ashes, a senior official said.</p>.<p>No loss of life was reported and the reason for the fire was not immediately known.</p>.<p>According to UPPCL (Electricity Department) Superintending Engineer (SE) Pradeep Kumar, a fire broke out in the transformer workshop of the division office here.</p>.<p>The rising flames kept people living in nearby colonies in a state of anxiety for a long time, till they were put down by the firefighters after hours of struggle.</p>.<p>The damage caused by the fire, and also the cause behind the blaze, will be assessed soon, Kumar said.</p>