Itanagar, Sep 9: A fire broke out at Basar government higher secondary school in the wee hours on Sunday, police said.

The incident happened at around 1.45 am, Basar Fire Station officer in-charge Gika Romin said.

He said the fire is suspected to have been caused by an electric short-circuit.

There is no report of any casualty in the incident, he said.

The OC said the fire completely burnt down the teacher’s common room while partially damaging the principal’s office and the CBSE cell.

He said chairs and tables, registers and some official documents were burnt down.

Romin disclosed that the fire tenders from the fire station doused the fire from spreading further. Otherwise, the damage could have been huge, he added.

Later in the day, Basar MLA Nyabi Jini Dirchi, SP Thutan Jamba, DDMO T Pema and other officials visited the school and took stock of the damages.