Historic Secunderabad Club gutted in fire
The Hindu
The Club was established on April 26, 1878
A major fire broke out at the 143-year-old Secunderabad Club in the wee hours of Sunday. Within no time, the main heritage building was gutted in flames completely, resulting in the loss of at least ₹25 crores. No casualties were reported.
Speaking to The Hindu, a senior officer of the Disaster Response and Fire Services said that at 3.15 a.m., they got a ‘fire call’ from the Club and four fire tenders from two stations in the Secunderabad area were rushed to the spot to douse off the fire. After assessing the ground situation, three more fire tenders from Secretariat, Gandhi Hospital and Moula Ali were sent to the spot.

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