
KENDRAPARA: A major fire broke out at the Urban Cooperative Bank at Balagandi in Kendrapara town on Wednesday at 11.30 am.
The blaze suspected to have been caused by short circuit in a corner of the building spread across rooms in no time, damaging computers, files, valuable documents and other equipment worth lakhs of rupees.
Manager of the bank Suresh Chandra Nayak suffered burn injuries and was admitted to the government hospital at Kendrapara, informed IIC of Kendrapada town Dilip Sahoo.