A major fire broke out near the Govindraja temple in Andhra Pradesh’s on Friday. This prompted the traffic police to block all the roads to the temple.

The fire broke out at the Lavanya Photo Frames shop near the temple and then spread out.

Upon receiving the information, several fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Along with firefighting operations, they also tried to move a large chariot of Govindraja Swamy outside the temple in order to save it from catching the fire.

The cause of the fire is yet to ascertained. However, no casualties have been reported so far.