Fire at Finance Ministry destroys key documents

June 07, 2012 11:59

An early morning fire at the Finance Ministrys North Block office today destroyed key documents and gutted furniture. The fire broke out around 5:45 am in room numbers 14 and 15. Six fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was doused. "All records present in the two rooms which caught fire, in the cupboards and otherwise, have been destroyed," a fire official said. The cause of fire is yet to be ascertained.

Had this happened at the Writers' Building in Kolkata, you know who Mamata Banerjee would have blamed.

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