Major fire in IIT Madras guts third floor of IC&SR building

The fire broke out on the third floor of the Industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research building in the campus. The building reportedly houses computer labs and conference rooms. (Sunish Surendran | EPS)

According to the media page of IIT, the source of the fire has been traced to the NPTEL office, from where people had left 15 minutes before the incident. (Sunish Surendran | EPS)

Five fire tenders were rushed to the spot to control the flames. The third floor was, however, gutted in the incident. (Sunish Surendran | EPS)

Security personnel at the IC&SR building in the campus. No casualties have been reported. (Sunish Surendran | EPS)

Several water tankers were also called in to contain the flames, according to reports. (Sunish Surendran | EPS)

Although a short circuit is suspected, a statement released by the technical institute stated that investigations are on. (Sunish Surendran | EPS)