Overview
- A major fire erupted on an upper floor of the 12-storey Jawahar Bhawan government complex in Hazratganj on Monday morning and was brought under control by firefighters.
- Police and fire officials said the blaze started in the fourth-floor treasury office meeting hall after an electrical short in an auditorium junction box.
- All occupants were evacuated safely and senior fire officers reported no casualties after teams deployed multiple fire tenders to douse the flames.
- The fire spread across parts of the fourth and fifth floors and a section of the rooftop parapet wall collapsed, prompting the government to order a Public Works Department structural inspection.
- Authorities have kept emergency teams at the site to complete extinguishing, assess damage to records and offices, and continue an investigation into the exact cause and administrative impact.