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report writing- Madhupur bazzar destroyed by fire__octobor15:2010__aGasSylinder burst in a hotel
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A major portion of more than a century-old Grand Hotel was destroyed in a massive fire that broke out late on Monday night in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla, officials said.

The fire tenders had difficulty in reaching the building because of narrow roads and the low water pressure in their hydrants added to the problem.

“We are just ascertaining the cause of the fire,” Shimla’s deputy commissioner Rajeshwar Goyal, who reached the spot to supervise the fire fighting operations, said.

Goyal added that the police are also probing the cause of fire at the building, which houses many central government offices and is managed by the Central Public Works Department

The Mayo Block was a VVIP wing of the hotel and was recently renovated and lavishly furnished. It is usually fully occupied on weekends but as the building was under renovation, there were no guests in the wing.

The Grand Hotel was the first hotel to be built in Shimla after Chevalier Federico Peliti, confectioner to the viceroy, acquired the property in 1892 for Rs 2 lakh.

In 1922, three buildings of the hotel were entirely destroyed but rebuilt in stages at around 1930. They, however, were accounted for in government books in 1942. Since then the Union ministry of urban development has the administrative control of the heritage hotel.

The Mayo Block was a VVIP wing of the hotel and was recently renovated and lavishly furnished. It is usually fully occupied on weekends but as the building was under renovation, there were no guests in the wing.

The Grand Hotel was the first hotel to be built in Shimla after Chevalier Federico Peliti, confectioner to the viceroy, acquired the property in 1892 for Rs 2 lakh.

The Grand Hotel was the most sought after holiday home till the 1960s but gradually lost its charm due to the shortage of water. The Union ministry of urban development drew plans for its restoration and refurbishing by using in-house expertise in 2000 to its past glory