Fire at Nizam Club, no casualties

Hyderabad: A

fire

accident took place in

Nizam Club

, which falls under Saifabad police station, in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Officials of Fire department said that except property loss, no one was hurt.

Fire department officials got the distress call at 5.35 am. One fire tender was rushed immediately to the spot, but by that time, the fire had already reached the 2nd floor.

“The mishap occurred on the 2nd floor of the main old building in the club. Computers, the server, and furniture which were in the penthouse on the 2nd floor were damaged,” Fire department officials said.

To douse the thick fire, three fire tenders from Assembly, Gowliguda, and Secretariat fire stations were rushed. After two hours, the situation was brought under control.

“At the time of mishap, there was only one security guard in the whole premises. He was standing at the gate,” officials said.

Officials suspect that a short circuit in server room could be the cause. tnn