Mangaluru : A fire broke out in the Income Tax office located in the Central Revenue Building in Attavar  Mangaluru on Thursday with a few files and computers getting destroyed under the flames.

A short circuit in the air-conditioner is said to be the reason for the fire which gutted a few computers, cupboards and files. Luckily no one was injured.

Fire tender vehicles immediately rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire. Sources said no data has been lost due to the fire mishap as soft copies are stored in the centralized system.

DCP Hariram Shanker and City Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar also visited the spot.