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AP: Fire breaks out at Jubilee Hall of Assembly after Pranab meet ends

CNN-IBN | Updated Jul 01, 2012 at 06:40pm IST

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Hyderabad: A small short circuit led to a minor fire at the Jubilee Hall in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Sunday.

The fire broke out soon after Presidential hopeful Pranab Mukherjee's meeting with Congress MLAs ended.

This is the third fire incident in a row after the Maharashtra Mantralaya and the Delhi North Block incidents.

Everyone was evacuated from the building soon after the fire broke.

While there were no reports of injuries, the fire once again raised disturbing questions about safety norms being practised in key government buildings.

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