Fire reported at or near Delhi’s North Block as six fire tenders are dispatched

Delhi Fire Services received a call at approximately 11:10 a.m. reporting smoke or a fire at the building, according to the supplied reports. The response involved six fire tenders, with accounts consistently placing them at North Block or at a location near it. The Hindu reported that the fire had been doused by about 11:25 a.m.; that timing comes from The Hindu alone.

No injuries or casualties were reported. Reports described thick smoke rising from the Union Secretariat building, but the available accounts do not establish the extent of any property damage or identify a confirmed official assessment of the affected area.

North Block houses key Union government offices or ministries. Hindustan Times described it as one of the historic administrative buildings that make up the Secretariat complex on Raisina Hill in New Delhi. That background helps explain the attention given to a fire at or near the building, while the wording in the reports leaves the precise location within or adjacent to the complex unresolved.

The Hindu reported that a fibre tank in the building’s chiller plant, used for cooling, caught fire. The supplied material also contains a reference to a short circuit involving an AC boiler, but the evidence does not establish which description is definitive. No official statement confirming the cause or mechanism was supplied in the reports.

A police officer was reported by The Hindu and the Times of India as saying that repair work underway at the building might have contributed to the minor fire. The reports present that possibility tentatively and do not establish repair work as the cause.

Taken together, the reports establish a short-lived fire response involving six tenders and no reported casualties, but leave important details open: whether the affected spot was inside North Block or nearby, what precisely ignited, and whether the incident caused any material damage. Further conclusions about the cause or impact are not supported by the supplied evidence.