Fire breaks out at Bhopal’s Satpura Bhawan, IAF assistance sought; Congress questions timing ‘in an election year’

A major fire broke out at Satpura Bhawan, a six-storey building that houses several departments of the Madhya Pradesh government, in Bhopal on Monday evening. 

While no casualties were reported, documents pertaining to departments such as tribal welfare and higher education are likely to have been destroyed. Efforts to douse the fire were on even six hours after the fire started. 

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah about the fire and sought assistance for dousing it, an official said.