A fire service official douses flames at a stationery-cum-mobile recharge shop in Patna that caught fire on Monday morning. Property worth Rs 5 lakh was gutted in the fire, which police said broke out around 11am. The shop is near the Chiraiyatand flyover under the jurisdiction of Jakkanpur police station. Two fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames. The police suspect the fire broke out because of a short circuit. Text by Ramashankar, picture by Jai Prakash