Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Fire Breaks Out in Gujarat Secretariat Basement; Record Room Gutted
A fire started in the basement of a big government building called the Gujarat secretariat in Gandhinagar.
People at the fire control room got a call about it in the morning.
Firefighters quickly came with fire trucks to help.
The fire was only in the basement of one part of the building.
Nobody was hurt, which is good news.
A room where important papers were kept got burned in the fire.
It took firefighters about two hours to stop the fire.
There is still a lot of smoke inside because the basement does not have many windows.
Firefighters are working to clear the smoke out.
Nobody knows yet what started the fire.
A fire broke out in the basement of block no. 9 at the Gujarat secretariat in Gandhinagar on Monday morning.
The fire control room received a call at 7:50 am and two fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
No casualties were reported in the blaze.
A record room in the basement was gutted, and the full extent of the damage is not yet known.
The fire was brought under control in about two hours, but heavy smoke remains due to lack of ventilation; the cause is yet to be ascertained.
- Who
- Rajesh Patel, in-charge Chief Fire Officer of the Gandhinagar civic body, and firefighting teams responded to the blaze.
- What
- A fire broke out in the basement of the Gujarat secretariat, gutting a record room.
- When
- Monday morning, with the fire control room receiving a call at 7:50 am.
- Where
- Basement of block no. 9 at the Gujarat secretariat, Gandhinagar.
- Why
- The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained.
- Location
- Basement of block no. 9, Gujarat secretariat, Gandhinagar
- Time of alert
- 7:50 am
- Fire tenders deployed
- 2
- Casualties
- None reported
- Damage
- Record room gutted
- Time to control blaze
- About 2 hours
- Cause of fire
- Yet to be ascertained
- Responding authority
- Gandhinagar civic body fire services
