Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Fire Department Orders Partial Vacating of Building Housing Banerjee Office
Fire officials inspected a tall building in central Kolkata that contains Abhishek Banerjee’s office.
They said the basement had no fire-safety measures.
They also found weak firefighting arrangements on the seventh floor.
The seventh floor reportedly had no special fire exit and problems with its fire alarm.
The building’s fire-safety certificate had expired on August 10.
Officials gave the building owner 48 hours to answer their concerns.
They said no response was received, although representatives of the occupants attended a hearing and submitted a lease document.
The basement, sixth floor and seventh floor cannot be used until the problems are fixed and a valid certificate is obtained.
West Bengal’s Fire Department ordered the basement, sixth floor and seventh floor of a Kolkata high-rise vacated.
The building houses the Camac Street office of Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee.
Officials found no fire-safety measures in the basement and inadequate systems on the seventh floor.
The inspection also identified no designated fire exit and problems with the fire-alarm system.
The building’s fire-safety certificate had expired on August 10, while the owner did not respond within 48 hours.
- Who
- The West Bengal Fire Department, the building owner, building occupants and the office of Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee.
- What
- Officials ordered the basement, sixth floor and seventh floor of the building to be vacated over fire-safety deficiencies.
- When
- The order was issued on Friday, September 5, after a floor-by-floor inspection on Monday.
- Where
- A high-rise commercial building on Camac Street in central Kolkata.
- Why
- Officials cited missing or inadequate fire-safety measures, an absent designated fire exit, fire-alarm problems and an expired fire-safety certificate.
TMC’s allegation
BJP’s response
Ransacking of Banerjee’s office
TMC’s allegation
The Trinamool Congress blamed BJP-linked men for ransacking the Camac Street office.
BJP’s response
The Bharatiya Janata Party denied the allegation.
- Affected areas
- Basement, sixth floor and seventh floor
- Inspection
- A joint police and fire-officials team conducted a floor-by-floor inspection on Monday.
- Basement finding
- Officials said no fire-safety measures were found in the basement.
- Seventh-floor findings
- Inadequate firefighting measures, no designated fire exit and problems with the fire-alarm system.
- Certificate status
- The premises’ fire-safety certificate had expired on August 10 and had not been renewed.
- Response deadline
- The owner was given 48 hours to respond to a show-cause or hearing notice.
- Reuse condition
- The affected areas cannot be used until deficiencies are corrected and a valid Fire Safety Certificate is obtained.
