Fire damages post office computers, printers, furniture
The Hindu
Fire broke out at the Palayamkottai Head Post Office in the early hours of Friday damaging a few computers, printers and the furniture.
Fire broke out at the Palayamkottai Head Post Office in the early hours of Friday damaging a few computers, printers and the furniture.
Police said fire broke out in the second floor of the two-storey Palayamkottai Head Post Office in the small hours of Friday. Passers-by alerted the fire and rescue services personnel, who rushed to the sport from Palayamkottai Fire Station. They were able to douse the flame after an hour-long firefighting exercise.
However, the fire damaged a few computers and the printers on the second floor, where the Office of the Postal Superintendent functions.
Electrical short circuit could have triggered the mishap, the fire and rescue services personnel suspect.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.