The fire broke out in a building close to the Netaji Subhash Place metro station in West Delhi's Pitampura.
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Fire broke out in a office building's generator compartment
22 fire tenders rushed to the spot, fire doused after 2 hours
No reports of any casualties so far
Security guards saw smoke saw smoke coming out from a ventilation panel on the tenth floor of the building and raised an alarm. People posted images of billowing clouds of smoke on social media.
The fire department said they received the call for the fire around 4:25 pm and dispatched 22 vehicles to bring the fire under control.
Early investigations suggest that the fire broke out in the generator compartment on the 13th floor due to a malfunction.

The fire broke out on the top floor of the building.
By around 7:30 pm officials said they had completely doused the fire. "The situation is under control. There are no casualties," a fire officer Rajesh Pawar told news agency ANI.
A senior fire official said that the building fire safety system was found to be non-functioning.
Being a Sunday, the office was closed with just few people who managed to exit the building safely.
Police said that the exact cause of the fire will be determined after an investigation.
The building is close to the Netaji Subhash Place metro station.
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