A fire broke out at the state’s largest and oldest Government Polytechnic at Ahmedabad’s Ambawadi on the morning of October 3 due to a short circuit, causing it to catch fire.

There was no major loss of life or property as the main power supply was switched off after a fire alarm was sounded.

The fire started in the lobby outside the civil department, causing panic hours after the classes had just begun for the day. A short circuit led to other cables catching fire and the students were called outside their classes.

As the computer lab of the institute is near the classrooms of the civil department, the power circuit of the lab was also damaged in the fire. The lab, therefore, was shut down and there was a power loss in the civil department of classrooms.

As a result, the institute said the lab would not be operational for two days.

According to reports, as soon as the smoke spread, the staff rushed to the fire alarm and the fire was extinguished by the fire safety equipment. 

The principal of the Government Polytechnic said that there are enough fire safety equipment and a fire safety system has been installed at a cost of ₹35 lakhs at the institute.

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