Important documents and furniture were gutted in short circuit borne fire which broke at Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) Zone office in Mangalwara late in the evening on Sunday.
The fire which erupted in the evening soon turned massive. The documents in the room of zone chairman were damaged in the fire which broke at around 8 pm. The fire erupted at office of Zone number 4 which is situated at Mangalwara.
Soon after the fire broke fire brigade was informed and on the receipt of the information fire tender vehicles were pressed into service.
Fire fighters told that the fire broke out due to short circuit in the room of Zone office located at the second floor of the building which was controlled and pacified before it could spread to other nearby buildings.
The fire tenders took more than two hours to pacify the fire. The loss and other details would be provided BMC officials.
The fire was later doused by around one dozen fire fighting vehicles were pressed into service on recipient of information.
The fire caused damage to the furniture only and no official papers or any other document related to wards were damaged in the fire claimed BMC employee.
Ward officer Amit Tiwari it was short circuit borne fire but no other damage was done except for the furniture in the office of zone chairman Sanjeev Gupta. The area which usually remains crowded in weekdays was deserted due to Sunday and made the rescue work easy.