A major fire on Friday broke out at the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) office-cum-exchange situated at Royal Market area, disrupting the telephone and mobile services in the city, police said.
The blaze started on top floor of the office early in the morning possibly due to short-circuit and soon assumed alarming proportions, they said.
A number of fire engines rushed to the spot. As many as sixteen fire personnel suffered injuries while trying to control the blaze and were rushed to a private hospital. Dr Ajay Goenka, director of Chirayu Hospital, said that the injured personnel are "out of danger".
Besides fire brigade, services of Army too were requisitioned to control the blaze, police said. Police said they have so far not received any report of injuries to any civilian in the incident.
Telephone and mobile services were affected to a great extent in old city area, the sources added.