Fierce fire in PSC office, record burn

  • | Thursday | 13th August, 2020

A fire broke out in the office of the Public Service Commission (PSC) located in the silk house colony on Wednesday. The fire on the second floor of the office was extinguished after five hours of hard work with the help of fire engines.

A fire broke out in the office of the Public Service Commission (PSC) located in the silk house colony on Wednesday. The fire on the second floor of the office was extinguished after five hours of hard work with the help of fire engines. The cause of the fire is being reported as a short circuit. It contains information about the burning of coffee records of PSC. The fire, which started at three o`clock on Wednesday afternoon, could not be extinguished till late evening.

By the time the fire was controlled, office computers, furniture and some necessary records were burned. Police and fire department officers were present on the spot during the fire. According to the information, old files of PSC have been kept at the place where the fire took place. The office was closed on Wednesday due to the holiday. Suddenly in the afternoon smoke started coming out of another building. Subsequently, the fire department and Bakshi Nagar police were informed. Police and fire department personnel arrived at the scene along with vehicles.
DSP Amit Sharma says that in the initial investigation, the cause of the fire is being told as a short circuit. There was a fire here, there are files of PSC and old stuff kept, which turned to ashes. Now the fire itself or someone deliberately set it. FSL team will visit the spot on Thursday to investigate this. Necessary samples will be collected for investigation. After this, the exact cause of the fire will be known.


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