At least five shops, some of them selling footwears and gift items were gutted, he said. 

The cause of the blaze was not yet known, the official added.

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Meanwhile, earlier today, four goats were charred to death after a fire broke out in a house in Maharashtra's Thane district.

The fire started in the residential property near the famous Mumbra Devi temple along the Mumbra bypass around 9 pm on Thursday, an official told PTI.

According to Avinash Sawant, the chief of Thane civic body's Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC), local firemen controlled the fire in two hours.

The house was reduced to ashes, and four goats that were tied inside it were charred to death, the official said, adding that the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

(With inputs from PTI)