GUWAHATI: A fire broke out at the Assam Secretariat in Guwahati on Thursday afternoon.
According to officials, the blaze broke out at the office of the Finance department in the F-Block of the secretariat building in Dispur at around 12:30 pm.
Four fire tenders doused the inferno within an hour. The extent of damage was not known. A short circuit was believed to be the cause of the fire.