<p>A BBMP chief engineer was among nine people injured in a fire accident at the civic body’s headquarters in the heart of Bengaluru on Friday evening, officials said. </p><p>The fire broke out sometime between 5 pm and 5.30 pm during benzene testing in the BBMP’s quality control laboratory. Barring one, all victims are from the BBMP's quality control section.</p>.<p>They have been identified as Shivakumar, Chief Engineer; Santhosh Kumar, Executive Engineer, Kiran, Siraj, Manoj, Sridhar, Vijayamala, Jyothi and Srinivas. </p><p>Senior officers from the fire force and the police have reached the spot and are carrying out inspections.</p>.Bengaluru: Cabbie held for 'assaulting' woman passenger after ride mix-up.<p>BBMP Special Commissioner (Finance) Jayaram Raipura said no official documents were destroyed in the fire accident as the records room was undamaged. </p><p>BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath said the victims had been taken to St Martha's Hospital for immediate medical intervention and would be shifted to Victoria Hospital's burns ward. </p><p>"We will know the extent of burn injuries only after doctors at Victoria Hospital examine them," he told reporters. </p><p>Asked about the cause of the fire, he said that would be known after the Electrical Inspectorate conducted an inspection.</p>
<p>A BBMP chief engineer was among nine people injured in a fire accident at the civic body’s headquarters in the heart of Bengaluru on Friday evening, officials said. </p><p>The fire broke out sometime between 5 pm and 5.30 pm during benzene testing in the BBMP’s quality control laboratory. Barring one, all victims are from the BBMP's quality control section.</p>.<p>They have been identified as Shivakumar, Chief Engineer; Santhosh Kumar, Executive Engineer, Kiran, Siraj, Manoj, Sridhar, Vijayamala, Jyothi and Srinivas. </p><p>Senior officers from the fire force and the police have reached the spot and are carrying out inspections.</p>.Bengaluru: Cabbie held for 'assaulting' woman passenger after ride mix-up.<p>BBMP Special Commissioner (Finance) Jayaram Raipura said no official documents were destroyed in the fire accident as the records room was undamaged. </p><p>BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath said the victims had been taken to St Martha's Hospital for immediate medical intervention and would be shifted to Victoria Hospital's burns ward. </p><p>"We will know the extent of burn injuries only after doctors at Victoria Hospital examine them," he told reporters. </p><p>Asked about the cause of the fire, he said that would be known after the Electrical Inspectorate conducted an inspection.</p>