New Delhi, May 16 -- A fire broke out in the library of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce (SGGSCC) in northwest Delhi's Pitampura on Thursday morning, burning more than 3,000 books and forcing the cancellation of semester exams and prompting the college to switch to manual book issuance.
55 am and engulfed the first, second and third floors of the four-storey library, DFS chief Atul Garg said.
Soon, 11 fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was brought under control by 9:40 am, Garg said, adding that no one was injured in the incident.
"A short circuit in the library's server triggered the fire, extensively damaging hundreds of books in the section that housed old books. The library is still filled with smoke, and a de...