Fire breaks out at Prime Minister’s Office, no casualties reported
Officials said sparks in a computer’s UPS, or uninterruptible power supplier, led to the blaze.
A minor fire broke out in a room at the Prime Minister’s Office at Delhi’s Raisina Hills around 3.30 am on Tuesday, ANI reported. Ten fire engines were sent to the South Block, and the flames were doused within 20 minutes.
There were no casualties, officials said.
“Around 3.35 am, we got a call in our control room that a fire broke out in the Prime Minister’s Office, room number 242,” Divisional Fire Officer Gurmukh Singh told ANI, adding that the fire broke out because of sparks in a computer’s UPS, or uninterruptible power supplier.
#Delhi: 10 fire tenders were rushed to the site of fire at PMO that broke out around 3:35 AM; flames were doused within 20 minutes pic.twitter.com/SNRuWIsovI
— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2017
#Delhi: Fire broke out in Room No. 242, located on the second floor of Prime Minister's Office around 3.35 AM. Situation now under control. pic.twitter.com/9dW5bVLsNI
— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2017
The South Block houses not only the Prime Minister’s Office but also the ministries of defence and external affairs and the offices of the national security advisor, Cabinet secretary and foreign secretary.