Major fire in Bihar education department office, documents destroyed
Authorities said the fire first broke out on the first floor of the secretariat, where the education department is located and soon spread to the health department also.
The fire could be finally brought under control after three hours of constant efforts.
Many important files are believed to have been destroyed in the incident, the reason for which is yet to be known.
“We are trying to ascertain what was destroyed in the incident and what caused the fire,” education department secretary RK Mahajan told the media.
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