Fire department personnel performed mock drill of fire fighting at Hotel Maurya in Patna on April 15, 2024.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
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The cause of the fire is yet be ascertained. In
the midst of bad weather, the reason for this horrific fire is being attributed
to a short circuit while it is also said that the fire caused due to a lightning strike.
A local resident said that lightning struck a parked bike in the wee hours of Thursday and flames started increasing
rapidly. It caught the nearby shops. When the fire department got information about the incident, several
fire tenders reached the spot. Firefighters were engaged in extinguishing the
fire, but even after a lot of efforts, when the fire could not be controlled,
some more fire tenders were called to the spot.