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MARGAO
Fire personnel battled for more than four hours on Thursday evening as fire engulfed the fields near the Damodar College, Comba.
Four fire tenders from Margao, Curchorem and Verna have been battling the raging fire for four-long hours, trying to stop the fire from spreading to the residential locality.
The Margao fire brigade had received a call at around 5 pm and the fire fighting operations was going on past 9 pm, sources said.
At around 9 pm, the fire tenders from Verna and Curchorem were stationed at the site as a precautionary measure to ensure that the fire from the fields does not spread to the land.
The fire personnel clarified that not a single structure was affected by the fire, but the fire destroyed the vegetation and a couple of trees.
The cause of the fire remains unknown.
