Major fire breaks out in house next to Manipur Chief Minister's residence
A major fire broke out in an abandoned house near Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh's official residence in Imphal on Saturday, officials said. The source of the fire is yet to be determined, they said.Police said that the abandoned house belonged to the former chief secretary of Goa, Thangkhopao Kipgen. Kipgen died on March 3, 2005, and the house was occupied by his family.The house is located adjacent to the Kuki Inn complex, which is opposite the Chief Minister’s residence in Babupara in Imphal. The incident occurred at around 5:30pm on Saturday. Officials of the Manipur Fire Service said that as the house had remained abandoned for over a year, it was hard to extinguish and control the fire. They added that the source of the fire is yet to be known.Three fire tenders were pressed into service and the fire was doused within an hour.As the roof of the house was made of wood with galvanised tin, firefighters took over an hour to extinguish it, assisted by a reinforcement team from Thoubal district.The building that caught fire is also close to the office of the Kuki Inpi, a civil society group of the Kuki tribes.Published By: Ashutosh AcharyaPublished On: Jun 15, 2024ALSO READ | Signs of recovery, but tension lingers: How Manipur lives after a year of violenceTrending Reel
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A major fire broke out in an abandoned house near Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh's official residence in Imphal on Saturday, officials said. The source of the fire is yet to be determined, they said.Police said that the abandoned house belonged to the former chief secretary of Goa, Thangkhopao Kipgen. Kipgen died on March 3, 2005, and the house was occupied by his family.The house is located adjacent to the Kuki Inn complex, which is opposite the Chief Minister’s residence in Babupara in Imphal. The incident occurred at around 5:30pm on Saturday. Officials of the Manipur Fire Service said that as the house had remained abandoned for over a year, it was hard to extinguish and control the fire. They added that the source of the fire is yet to be known.Three fire tenders were pressed into service and the fire was doused within an hour.As the roof of the house was made of wood with galvanised tin, firefighters took over an hour to extinguish it, assisted by a reinforcement team from Thoubal district.The building that caught fire is also close to the office of the Kuki Inpi, a civil society group of the Kuki tribes.Published By: Ashutosh AcharyaPublished On: Jun 15, 2024ALSO READ | Signs of recovery, but tension lingers: How Manipur lives after a year of violenceTrending Reel
