A fire broke out at the house of a former IAS officer near the chief minister's bungalow in Manipur.

A massive fire broke out in a building in the Manipur Secretariat complex, near the official bungalow of Manipur Chief Minister N Brain Singh. At least four fire tenders have been deployed to douse the fire. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, an official said. The building is a few hundred meters away from the Chief Minister's official bungalow, police said. Police said four fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused the fire. The cause of the fire is being investigated, he said. Recently the security convoy of the Chief Minister of Manipur was attacked, but he managed to escape just in the nick of time. Now the police have been alerted after a fire broke out near the Chief Minister's residence. An investigation into the fire is underway. It is not yet clear if the fire was started intentionally or if it started spontaneously. Amidst tight security, a vacant house located in Old Lambuln, Imphal was torched on Saturday evening. Officials said that no evidence of the spread of the fire has yet been found. Fire breaks out at Goa's former chief secretary's house The vacant house belonged to Goa's former chief secretary late Tangobao Kipken, he said. Kipgen died on March 3, 2005, and his family lived in the house. The house is located in Babupara, Imphal, opposite the residence of the Chief Minister of Manipur, next to the Kuki Hostel complex. The incident took place on Saturday around 5.30 pm. Residents fled their homes due to the crisis in Manipur. Manipur Fire Department rushed to the spot and doused the fire. The house was built of wood with a tin roof and it took firemen from Taubal district more than an hour to extinguish it. Manipur Fire Service officials said that since the house had been vacant for over a year, it was difficult to extinguish and control the fire. He said that the cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained. This vacant house is located behind the new Manipur Secretariat office building in Babupara, Imphal. In the northeastern state of Manipur, incidents of violence have not stopped in the last few months. Earlier, unidentified assailants set fire to the building of the newly constructed Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya near More town. The building is not open yet. Let us tell you that in Manipur, caste conflicts are seen in some of the hill districts between the main majority Meithi and Kuki. So far 220 people have died and at least 50,000 have been displaced.