Officials reported that a fire erupted in a drug control office located in Sector 45, resulting in the destruction of all documents and medicines stored within. According to Nitish Bhardwaj, the fire safety officer at Sector 29 fire station, information regarding the blaze was received at 9:15 pm on Tuesday, prompting the dispatch of seven fire tenders to the scene.
“After 2 hours of effort, the fire was brought under control but dispensary records, furniture, medicines and other items got damaged,” he added A fire official said drums of sanitisers which were seized during covid and stored in the office fanned the blaze.
A senior officer of the drug control office said the building earlier housed an old dispensary and it did not have adequate fire safety arrangements.
