KOLKATA: Over 70,000 landlines and 10,000 broadband connections including those, reportedly, at chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's Palm Avenue residence tripped after a fire broke out at a BSNL office on Hungerford Street around 10 pm on Tuesday. Though five fire tenders managed to bring the situation under control in two hours, the thick smoke triggered panic in the area. According to police, the BSNL mother station at 10/2 Hungerford Street seemed to have caught fire after an electrical fault. Apart from the landlines and broadband connections, 3,000 leased lines and 55 RSUS (Remote Satellite Exchange) connected by DLC (Digital Loop Carrier) were affected. BSNL sources said that 55 other exchanges fall under the mother station. All of them have been affected. "The lines at the CM's residence will need repairs," said a BSNL official. "No BSNL official informed us about the incident, leading to delay. We got a phone call from a local resident and rushed there," said an official of the fire department. DC (South) Rajesh Subarno and other Kolkata police officers went to the spot to probe the case.
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