Punjab National Bank e-corner and important documents of a computer academy were damaged after a short circuit borne fire broke out at a computer academy in MP Nagar zone-2 area late in the night on Saturday.
The fire which broke out at around 2.30 in the night at the ground floor of three storey building owned by Sanjay Gupta and Ajay Gupta witnessed damaged currency notes. PNB e-corner is situated at the ground floor of the building.
SHO of MP Nagar Sanjay Bais said that the PNB e-corner was damaged but the cash remained safe according to the PNB officials as the machine in fire proof. A team from Delhi would visit and check the damage.
The security guard of the e-comer Kanchedilal was asleep at the time of the fire inside the e-comer and when he felt suffocated he exited the e-corner and informed fire brigade and police. He spotted smoke filled e-corner and informed the officials regarding the fire.
On the receipt of the information fire tender vehicles rushed to the spot and started to pacify the fire. It took around an hour to control and pacify the fire.
The fire which broke at the ground floor soon reached the first floor of the building.
On Sunday morning officials of PNB visited the spot and told that the technical wing of the bank would enquire after which the loss could be revealed.
In the initial investigations it was found that a short circuit in air conditioner might have led to the fire.
The owner of the building Sanjay Gupta said that office of Surya Academy is at the first floor where the data of the students and mark sheets and other important documents were kept and which were gutted in fire.