A major fire broke out in life Insurance Corporation (lIC) Branch-I at Bartand, in Dhanbad on Wednesday night triggering panic though none were reported injured. The fire broke out on the second floor of the office building when employees were locking the office gate; after concluding their day work they were ready to go for their home, said an lIC staff.
The fire tenders succeeded in dousing the fire, after a long struggle of 16 hours. “More than four firefighting vehicles, fire tenders and hundreds of local peoples were joined hands for the rescue”, added another eyewitness. The destroyed several official goods including furniture and computers, said an eyewitness. According to the fire tenders, fire engulfed the goods of worth several lakhs rupees.
Meanwhile, lIC officials blaming reason of ‘short circuit’ (electric) behind the eruption of fire but sources alleged that there was a matter of misappropriation of fund of sum of Rs 80 lakhs; “fire was resulted to hided the issue”, added sources. “We are probing the reasons behind the eruption of fire, said an official. ‘Right now its’ quit difficult to access the actual loss but it may assumed in lakhs”, he added.