Fire in West Bengal secretariat destroys documents

By IANS,

Kolkata : There was a blaze in the first floor of the West Bengal government secretariat – Writer’s Building – Thursday morning, in which a large number of documents were destroyed before it was put out after nearly two hours.


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“The fire broke out at the municipal affairs, refugee rehabilitation and fire brigade departments in the E-block of Writer’s Buildings first floor at around 6.30 a.m.” a fire department official said.

The officials said the cause of the blaze was yet to be ascertained. But they suspected a short circuit.

At least 12 fire tenders were used to bring the blaze under control.

Officials said important documents were destroyed in the fire.

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