Audio control room of Ravindra Bhawan was damaged after a short circuit borne fire erupted in the morning on Thursday; fire tenders took around three hours to control and pacify the massive fire.
Panic prevailed at Ravindra Bhawan where preparations of event in the evening were stalled after a massive fire broke out at audio control room which gutted furniture, electronic equipments and computer systems.
Soon after the fire broke out senior officials and Principal Secretary Department of Culture Manoj Shrivastava reached the spot and took stock of the situation.
No casualty was reported in the incident while no one was injured in the short circuit borne fire.
In the initial investigation the fire was found to be short circuit borne but the exact reason behind the fire would be investigated and revealed later.
Preparations of a programme of a news channel were on and due to the fire the venue of the programme has been shifted to Samanvay Bhawan.
In-charge officer Sajid Khan said on the receipt of the information of fire at Ravindra Bhawan, seven fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot. It took around three hours to control and pacify the fire.
He said that due to heavy smoke in the audio room, glass was broken to release the smoke and control the fire. It was a massive fire which gutted the goods in the audio control room. The room has to be air tight and was packed with glass which was broken during the fire was pacified.