Bhubaneswar, February 26 Some documents stored in the record room of the Odisha Lokayukta office were damaged in a minor fire that broke out on Thursday due to a suspected electrical short circuit, an official said.
The fire broke out in one part of the record room of the office, located inside the Toshali Bhawan here in the Satyanagar area, around 10 am, according to Manoranjan Rout, assistant fire officer, Bhubaneswar.
Before the fire could spread to other areas, two fire brigade teams rushed to the spot and extinguished the flames within 15 to 20 minutes, he said.
Some documents were stored in a rack inside the record room along with other materials that were damaged in the fire, Rout said.
"The fire is suspected to have been caused by an electrical short circuit," he added.