Fire at Shastri Bhawan (ANI) Fire at Shastri Bhawan (ANI)

A fire broke out on the seventh floor of New Delhi's Shastri Bhawan at 9:40 am on Wednesday morning. Fire-safety officials rushed to the scene with eight fire tenders and took a hour and a half to get the fire under control. No injuries have been reported, while the floor has been evacuated completely.

The fire originated in the office of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, and spread to adjoining offices of the I&B and Child Development ministries too.

Although the cause of the fire hasn't been ascertained yet, it is learnt that certain stacks of important files have been burnt by the fire.

New Delhi's Shastri Bhawan lodges many central ministry offices, and most government employees arrive by 10 am.

