<p>Panic gripped the Odisha Assembly premises on Wednesday after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s chamber caught fire suddenly. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Assembly is currently on its Budget session. Patnaik, however, was not in his chamber when the incident took place. <br /><br />It took nearly half an hour for the firemen to douse the fire. The damages due to fire are currently being assessed. The Director General (DG) of the state police, K B Singh who immediately rushed to the spot and made an on-the-spot inquiry said, “short circuit in electric wire could be the cause of the sudden fire”. <br /><br />“There will be an inquiry into the incident. But preliminary probe suggests that a short circuit in electric wire connected to a digital clock inside the chamber could have caused the fire. The situation is under control now”, Singh told reporters.</p>
<p>Panic gripped the Odisha Assembly premises on Wednesday after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s chamber caught fire suddenly. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The Assembly is currently on its Budget session. Patnaik, however, was not in his chamber when the incident took place. <br /><br />It took nearly half an hour for the firemen to douse the fire. The damages due to fire are currently being assessed. The Director General (DG) of the state police, K B Singh who immediately rushed to the spot and made an on-the-spot inquiry said, “short circuit in electric wire could be the cause of the sudden fire”. <br /><br />“There will be an inquiry into the incident. But preliminary probe suggests that a short circuit in electric wire connected to a digital clock inside the chamber could have caused the fire. The situation is under control now”, Singh told reporters.</p>