A minor fire broke out at the residence of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Member of Parliament CM Ramesh at 7, Talkatora Road on Thursday evening.
A call was received by the fire department at 4:40 pm. Two fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the flames were doused within 20 minutes. Prima facie the air conditioner caught fire due to short circuit on the first floor.In another incident, a fire broke out on the second floor office of the Ministry of Finance at North Block on Thursday morning.
“A window AC in a room on the second floor of the building had caught fire. It was doused within 15 minutes,” said AK Sharma, Director of Delhi Fire Service.According to another fire official, they got a call about the blaze at 8:40am following which eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames. No injury was reported in the incident.