Hyderabad, August 31: A Major fire broke out in the Andhra Pradesh High Court building in the wee hours today. The fire started around 0400 hours in the second floor of the court which houses library and lockers of the advocates, fire brigade officials said. Most of the furniture and books were gutted in the said incident.
Over 10 fire tenders extinguished the flames after battling it for about five hours. The fire spread fast as the building has a predominantly wooden structure. Immediately after the incident the Home Minister Sabita Indira Reddy, DGP SSP Yadav and the Commissioner of Police Hyderabad B.Prasada rao also visited the High Court this morning.
The CLUES team of the Detective Department was also pressed into service in order to ascertain the cause of fire. It is suspected that Short Circuit might have lead to the fire. However the Charminar Police have registered a case and taken up investigation.
–Bureau Report Siasat News