Guwahati: A massive fire broke out at a store close to a market area at Phillobari in Tinsukia district of Assam in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Reports claim that the fire erupted in a store owned by Shree Prasad that was close to the Purona bazaar and next to the Phillobari army barracks.
Fire tenders reached the spot to douse the fire but the shop was completely gutted by then.
Army jawans attempted to assist as well, but two of them were injured and were admitted to a local hospital.
The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
It is also learned that properties worth lakhs were destroyed in the unprecedented fire.