Documents destroyed in fire at Bank of Baroda head office in Surat

Fire officer Maruti Sonavne said, “The fire was brought under control in an hour but it was difficult to let out the smoke from the floor. The lockers room keys were not found and our personnel took the burnt lockers to safer area. Several documents were gutted along with furniture and computers.”

Adding that a short circuit might have caused the fire, he said, “There was nobody in the building as it was early morning. Security guards were on the ground floor and perhaps they saw the fire much later after it started…”

The bank officials were unavailable for comments.