Fire at Main Army HQ in Pakistan

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Wednesday October 10 3:01 AM ET (via Yahoo)

Fire Breaks Out in Pakistani Army Headquarters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Fire erupted in Pakistan army's main
headquarters on Wednesday, damaging some buildings, furniture and
stationery, an official statement said.

The fire was sparked by a short-circuit in a paper and stationery
store in the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Islamabad's twin city of
Rawalpindi, said a statement issued by the army's Inter Services
Public Relations (ISPR) directorate.

"The wooden structure of a nearby building also caught fire causing
damage to office items including furniture," it added.

The fire, which started at 4.00 a.m. (7 p.m. EDT Tuesday), was
brought under control by 6:30 a.m. and all offices in the GHQ started
work on time an hour later, an army spokesman said. No one was
injured.

The statement said an inquiry had been ordered to ascertain the cause
of fire and the extent of damage. GHQ is a vast complex of military
offices, some from the times of British rule of India before 1947.

 
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