A massive fire broke out in the office of Delhi Transport Department on Monday morning gutting several essential documents. However, no one was injured in the incident.

According to Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Fire Services (DFS), a call  was received at 8.38 AM on Monday following which eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot initially."The fire started from the server room on the first floor and later spread to eight other rooms located on the same floor of the building. The blaze later spread to another room on the second floor of the same building. In total, 26 fire tenders were rushed to the spot," said Garg. 

"Several crucial documents, furniture and electronic equipment were damaged in the fire which was brought under control by 10.20 AM," said Garg. "It is suspected that a short circuit in an electrical appliance in the server room led to fire. However,  the exact cause of fire is yet to be ascertained," the fire chief added. 

Meanwhile, with assembly elections round the corner, the Delhi unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that there is a conspiracy behind the DTC office fire.

"I can smell a conspiracy. It could be a conspiracy by Arvind Kejriwal to hide his failures. They cannot escape by burning details of wrongdoings at the government office. Tell me why you could not buy a single bus till now and now you burnt all the documents," BJP Delhi president Manoj Tiwari tweeted in Hindi.

Former AAP MLA Kapil Mishra, who rebelled against the party and has now been fielded by the BJP from Model Town Assembly constituency, concurred with Tiwari and alleged the Transport Department is the most corrupt.

"A losing Government is busy in erasing footprints ff its scams. The transport department has been the most corrupt department under the Kejriwal Government," Mishra tweeted in Hindi. "This desperation to burn files is first indicator of Kejriwal's  defeat in this election," he alleged.