Fire broke out at three places in the city, including State Mantralaya, on Wednesday.
In Mantralaya, the fire broke out at around 8.30 pm at the fifth floor, room number 523, which houses the office of the Chief Minister’s staff. Five fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot and pacified the fire. The loss in the fire could not be gauged.
In the second incident of fire, five persons including a woman were rescued from building after a short circuit borne fire broke out in an electric meter box of a three storey building in MP Nagar on Wednesday.
The fire which broke out at the ground floor in the meter box having several electric meters of the building soon spread in the upper floors and as the fire spread rapidly five persons got trapped and were rescued by the fire tenders.
SHO of MP Nagar Suryakant Awasthi said that the glasses of the office were broken to rescue the victims. The documents and furniture of the office was damaged in the fire. The loss could be ascertained and would be provided by the victims later. The incident took place at around 1 pm at Madhu Chambers.
The victims were working at the time of the incident. The victims were rescued from the third floor of the building.
Meanwhile another fire broke out at timber shop in Berkhedi late in the afternoon; fire broke out after garbage was burnt behind the shop which reached the shop.
Timbers goods were gutted in fire after the fire spread rapidly in the shop and fire brigade was informed.
Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot and it took around an hour to control the fire. The shop Super Timber Market is owned by Mehfuz Ali. The loss could not be ascertained at the moment claimed the owner.