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Fire at AP secretariat: old records damaged, officials say

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Only the old records that were to be disposed of were damaged in a fire which broke out in the Andhra Pradesh secretariat building here last evening, officials said today.

The fire broke out in the ground floor of the C-Block of secretariat at around 7.45 pm yesterday.

A security guard alerted fire personnel, who brought the situation under control swiftly, officials said.

Roads and Buildings Department officials said that short circuit was the probable reason.

A release from General Administration Department said no files were damaged. A switch board, a wall-mounted fan and a chair were destroyed while some old records, to be trashed, got partially damaged.

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First Published: Apr 28 2014 | 9:19 PM IST

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