Bhopal:

A fireplace broke out on the third flooring of the multi-storey Madhya Pradesh state secretariat constructing right here on Saturday morning, officers mentioned.

No one was reported injured within the incident, they mentioned.

Some sanitation staff seen smoke on the Vallabh Bhawan – because the secretariat constructing is formally recognized – round 9.30 am, following which the fireplace brigade was alerted, sources mentioned.

“The blaze has been introduced underneath management by the firefighters and additional work is on. Now, solely smoke is emanating from the third flooring the place the paperwork have been saved,” Bhopal Municipal Company’s Fireplace Officer Rameshwar Neel advised PTI.

Fifteen to twenty fireplace tenders have been pressed into service, he mentioned.

The sources mentioned that some sanitation staff, who had been working close to the gate quantity 5 and 6 of the secretariat complicated, seen the smoke, following which the authorities had been knowledgeable.