NAMAKKAL: A fire broke out at a metal scrap shop in Vallipuram in Namakkal district on Saturday.The shop belonged to Muthu, 56. He had stored old vehicle spare parts on the premises.

"Fire erupted at the scrap shop around 8 am," said a firefighter from the Namakkal town fire station.

The whole area was engulfed in smoke due to the fire.Fire and rescue services personnel fought for two hours to extinguish the blaze. The Namakkal town police have registered a case and began investigations.State health minister Ma Subramanian, who was in Namakkal district to attend a few events and was heading to Paramathi Velur for hospital inspection, halted his vehicle on seeing the fire. He inquired with the fire department personnel about the cause of the blaze.

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