Fire at EC office
A fire broke out in the basement of the Election Commission building in the capital around 11:00pm last night.
Using 10 fire engines, firefighters managed to douse the blaze within an hour and half with no reports of casualties.
Fire Service and Civil Defence officials said the fire originated at the basement, which used to store different electoral materials, including Electronic Voting Machine.
Speaking to reporters at the spot, the officials said the cause of the fire could not be detected immediately.
The fire incident took place at a time when the EC had been facing several audits by authorities concerned.
The EC formed a probe body to investigate the fire incident, which was asked to submit a report within three days.
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