Director General of Police K B Singh said an electrical short circuiting from the digital clock on a set-top box of a television set in the office started the fire. The fire broke out at around 12:20 pm but it was doused within 20 minutes.
BJD Bari MLA Debasis Nayak said to media person that the Chief Minister was not in office at the time of the incident. He will reach here late today.