A major fire broke out in central Delhi's Kamla Market that gutted numerous shops and godowns and damaged goods worth lakhs of rupees, a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said. The fire department received a call late last night around 1.05 am about the blaze and 25 fire tenders were rushed to the spot, said the DFS official.

A view of Delhi's Kamla Market area on Tuesday, where a major fire gutted at least 50 shops and godowns on Monday late night. Pic/PTI

While there were no reports of casualties, nearly 60 shops and godowns were gutted, the police said. It is suspected that the cause of fire was a short- circuit, they said.