26-Jun-2024 04:16 PM
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Korba, June 26 (Reporter) A major fire broke out in the State Bank of India (SBI) at Ghantaghar Chowk in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Tuesday at midnight.
Police and fire brigade teams reached the spot on the information of arson. After a lot of effort, the fire was controlled.
The fire broke out in the SBI branch office located in the Niharika area near Ghantaghar Chowk. As soon as information about the fire was received, people reached the vicinity.
As soon as the information was received, the Civil Line police reached the spot. At the same time, the employees of the electricity department broke the connection here, and the fire department employees reached out to the fire brigade and controlled the fire.
The reason behind this arson was that the employee had forgotten to turn off the AC after work in the bank, which caused a short circuit due to the rising heat and a huge fire.
The extent of the damage caused by the fire is yet to be ascertained...////...