Mumbai, May 19 -- A minor fire broke out near the security gate and checking room at the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan on Monday afternoon due to a short-circuit, officials said here.
The fire broke out at 3 pm shortly after an inaugural ceremony of state legislative committees attended by senior leaders, including Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
However, no injury was reported in this incident.
The fire was doused in minutes of the incident at 3.06 pm.
All the staff are safe and were evacuated, said Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar who arrived at the spot soon after.
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