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Fire at SDO office in Bengal's Siliguri; crucial SIR documents gutted

IANS | January 08, 2026 10:42 AM

KOLKATA: Crucial documents related to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were gutted as fire broke out at the SDO office in West Bengal's Siliguri district.

According to the police, a fire suddenly broke out at the Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) office on Hill Cart Road in Mallaguri early on Thursday.

As a result of the fire, two rooms of the SDO office have been completely gutted.

Several computers and government documents kept in the two rooms have also been destroyed. However, due to the prompt action of the fire brigade, the SDO office was saved from a major disaster. It is learnt that shortly after midnight, security guards and some locals noticed black smoke billowing out from a room.

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