New Delhi: A fire has broken out at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi on Tuesday. The Delhi Fire Services said that the fire was doused in 10 minutes and no casualty reported.
The DFS further said that the fire broke out on the sixth floor of Shastri Bhawan here this afternoon and was brought under control later.
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a fire broke out at Shastri Bhawan that houses offices of several ministries, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said burning files will not save the PM as his day of judgement is near.
Shastri Bhawan houses the ministries of Law, Information and Broadcasting, Corporate Affairs, Chemicals and Petrochemicals, and Human Resources Development.
The fire department said they received a call about the blaze at 2.15 PM after which seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The fire was later brought under control by 2:55 pm.
"Modi ji burning files is not going to save you. Your day of judgement is coming," Rahul Gandhi tweeted. Chief Fire Officer (DFS) Atul Garg said that there were only waste material on the floor from where the fire was reported. No file or government documents were damaged. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, fire officials said. There were no casualties reported. The fire service responded to 31,264 calls in the last year from 64 fire stations whereas in 2017-18 around 29,423 calls came to DFS. The city also witnessed 27 medium and five serious fire.