A fire broke out at residential building and destroyed properties worth Rs. 20 lakhs near Dimapur Ao Baptist Church, Duncan Basti, Dimapur here on Thursday afternoon around 1 pm.
Speaking to Nagaland Post, Commandant Western Fire Station Dimapur, S.I T Akamba Tikhir informed that soon after receiving information about the incident at around 1:55 pm, two fire tenders were pressed into action –one from central and one from western fire station and took control of the situation. The officials also informed that the cause of the incident was due to short circuit and no casualties has been reported.