Bantwal: Three shops in a building at BC Road Kaikamba were gutted in a fire mishap on April 20, Saturday afternoon.
The building owned by one Sureshchandra Shetty had Sapna traders, a cushion shop, Sanjeeva Clinic and another shop which were gutted.
The cushion shop has incurred a loss of Rs 2 lakhs with several cushion materials, sofas etc destroyed. Two fire brigade vehicles from Mangalore and one from Bantwal extinguished the fire with the help of public. The task of extinguishing the fire took more time owing to the presence of a large number of public in the area.