2 days ago
Fire guts Ranchi security office, causing Rs 1.25 crore damage
A fire started in an office belonging to a private security company in Ranchi.
The office was on the third floor of a building in Hinoo.
It began sometime between 8:30 and 9:00 in the morning.
Firefighters sent four fire tenders to tackle it.
They put the fire out by about 11 am.
No one was hurt.
Computers, papers and furniture were ruined.
Officials believe an electrical short circuit may have started the fire.
The damage was estimated at more than Rs 1.25 crore.
A fire broke out Monday in a private security company’s office in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
The office was on the third floor of a building in Hinoo, within Doranda police station limits.
The fire started between 8:30 am and 9:00 am; police said an electrical short circuit was suspected.
Four fire tenders responded and extinguished the blaze by around 11 am.
No one was injured, but computers, documents and furniture were destroyed, with losses estimated at more than Rs 1.25 crore.
- Who
- A private security company was affected; police and firefighters responded.
- What
- A fire damaged the company’s office and property estimated at more than Rs 1.25 crore.
- Where
- A third-floor office in Hinoo, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
- When
- Monday, October 5; the fire broke out between 8:30 am and 9:00 am.
- Why
- An electrical short circuit was believed to have caused the fire.
Key facts
- Date
- October 5; the report does not specify the year
- Fire location
- Third floor of a building in Hinoo, Ranchi
- Time fire broke out
- Between 8:30 am and 9:00 am
- Fire response
- Four fire tenders attended
- Fire extinguished
- Around 11 am, within two hours of the response
- Estimated damage
- More than Rs 1.25 crore
- Casualties
- None reported
- Suspected cause
- Electrical short circuit
Quotes
Digvijay Singh
Officer-in-charge of Doranda police station
“As soon as we got information, four fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused the fire within two hours, around 11 am.”
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