A fire broke out on Monday evening at Satpura Bhawan, opposite Vallabh Bhawan in Bhopal, fire first started on the third floor and soon spread to the sixth floor.
The fire started around 4 pm, even after about 3 hours it could not be controlled. Later it was pacified after putting in hard efforts. Due to the fire , more than 30 ACs in the building were damaged completely . Due to which the fire has become even more intense.
Due to this incident of fire, a situation of panic was created in Satpura Bhawan.
Smoke filled the entire building. The building has been evacuated for security reasons. There was a huge gathering of officers and employees in the premises.
More than 20 fire tender vehicles were deployed to control the fire. The SDERF team has also reached. Along with this, the CISF team has also reached. At present, it is not known how the fire started.
The fire started from the office of the Scheduled Tribe Regional Development Scheme located on the third floor of the Satpura building.
It engulfed the Directorate of Health located on the fourth floor. The flames soon reached fifth and sixth floors of the Health Directorate. Mallika Nagar, Additional Director, Health Department said that the work of extinguishing the fire is being done. After this the damage can be assessed.
The fire also burnt the files on the fourth floor of the Satpura Bhavan on the complaints filed in the EOW and the Lokayukta. Along with this, there is a possibility of burning important documents of some other departments including Tribal and Health Department.
Four floors completely burnt, furniture, AC ashes. The fire completely gutted the third floor. It belongs to the Tribal Department. Strong flames were coming out in the fourth floor. The furniture inside was completely burnt. Other items including AC were also burnt to ashes. The fifth and sixth floors were also completely gutted.