Tyopev, however, said that neither was any life lost in the incident nor any casualty recorded.

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He said officers and men of the command had condoned off the affected area and investigations into the cause of disaster had commenced.

He said the action became necessary in order to also prevent hoodlums from taking advantage of the situation to loot.