Fire at Rajasthan Secretariat creates panic

Jaipur, Nov 5 (UNI) Panic prevailed for sometime at the ajasthan state secretariat premises here tonight following a fire which broke out in the underground parking space.

According to police and fire brigade sources, the blaze broke out around 2115 hrs in the heap of waste papers and garbage in a portion of the basement under the Secretariat's main entrance.

About half-a-dozen fire tender teams from different fire stations were rushed immediately which took about 2 hours to control the flames.

However, efforts to extinguish the flames completely were still on, the sources said.

No injuries were reported, they added.

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