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BHOPAL, June 13 : Fire at Bhopal's Satpura Bhawan, which houses several government offices, including the CBI, EOW, tribal welfare, health department, was finally doused on Tuesday with joint efforts of multiple authorities, but the politics has heated up with Congress claiming a 'conspiracy' theory.
Bhopal district collector Ashish Singh said fire has been brought under control.
Singh said the fire occurred first on the third floor of the building, and before it could be brought under control, it had spread to the 4th, 5th and 6th floors and the situation went out of control.
However, no casualties were reported as officials safely evacuated everyone before the fire spread. It took nearly 15 hours to douse the flames, however, by then all important documents related to different departments turned into ashes. "CISF, BMC, Airport and local administration together doused the fire and it has been controlled, " Singh said.
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