India News | Fire in Multi-storied Building in Jharkhand's Giridih

Giridih, Apr 21 (PTI) Fire broke out in a three-storey building in Jharkhand's Giridih district in the early hours of Monday, police said.

The building, located in Marwari Mohalla in the Pachamba police station area, houses a cloth store and residential apartments, they said.

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The blaze was first spotted around 3 am, they added.

"The fire-dousing operation is in the last phase. Once the fire is completely doused, we will start a search operation inside the building," Pachamba police station's inspector Mantu Kumar said.

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According to locals, four people have been rescued from the building so far.

The exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, but police said a short circuit could be the reason.

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