A-block gutted
Source: The Sangai Express
Chandel, December 07 2015:
Properties worth several lakhs have been destroyed when an inferno ravaged the administrative block of New Public Higher Secondary School, Khangabok at around 2 am today.
It is being speculated that the inferno broke out from electric short circuit.
Fire tenders of Thoubal Fire Sub-Station rushed in and managed to douse the inferno by 4.30 am.
However, huge volumes of documents, cash kept in the block of registration of students, two laptops, three desktop computers, CCTV cameras, one TV set, school uniforms and many other articles were destroyed by the inferno.
The exact monetary value of the goods destroyed has not been calculated though it is speculated that it would be several lakhs.