Roopa Lall
Port Blair, July 23: A major fire broke out at the BSNL office at Salt Lake on Monday, which has totally disrupted BSNL mobile network in Andaman and Nicobar Islands since yesterday evening. The fire started from the first floor of the ‘G plus three storeyed’ building near Tank No 13 of Salt Lake Sector III about 7pm, the officials said.
The fire was identified to have emanated from the server’s room in the building, which hit the services to Andaman and Nicobar Islands and data services in West Bengal.
Meanwhile, the government on Tuesday ordered a high-level inquiry into the fire incidents in MTNL and BSNL buildings in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, and asked the two firms to conduct fresh fire and safety audits in a time-bound manner.
