At least 84 shops were gutted in a blaze at the Laitumkhrah market complex in the Meghalaya capital on Friday, officials said.

However, no casualties were reported in the inferno that broke out around 4am. Three fire tenders doused the blaze after several hours of firefight.

A vendor at the market complex that mostly sells vegetables told PTI that goods worth lakhs of rupees have been damaged.

Officials of the Fire Department and the Shillong Municipal Board suspected that a short circuit might have caused the incident.

Local MLA Ampareen Lyngdoh rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation.

The legislator will meet Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma later in the day and discuss the relocation of the affected vendors.