Gurugram, Aug 10 (PTI) Sixteen luxury cars were gutted in a fire that broke out at a car workshop in the Sector 41 area here, a senior fire officer said on Saturday. No employee was present in the luxury car workshop when the blaze erupted. The cost of the vehicles destroyed in the fire is said to be around Rs 7 crore, the officer added.
The fire broke out around 3 am on Friday at Berlin motor workshop, located in Moti Vihar in Sector 41, according to the officer. Sixteen high-end cars, including Mercedes, Audi Q 5, BMW, Range Rover, Volvo, Ford Eco sport, Opel Estra, and Jaguar, were parked in the workshop, all of which got reduced to ashes. A few scrapped vehicles were also gutted in the fire, he added.
Upon getting information, a fire tender reached the spot and doused the flames in over 3 hours, the official said. "The cause behind the fire has not been ascertained yet. Our team reached the spot and controlled the fire, but they could not save the cars," he added.
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