A fire broke out at colonial-era Old London House in Uttarakhand's Nainital, making it a second such incident at the 162-year-old heritage building in the last two months.

According to police, the incident happened at around 2.30 am on Monday, in the same portion of the building that had barely survived the previous fire.

On August 27, a raging fire engulfed the building, killing 82-year-old Shanta Bisht.

The fire department was immediately informed after high flames were seen rising from the Old London House, located at Mohanko Square in the Mallital area. It took firefighters over an hour to control the blaze, the police said.

A furniture shop, located on the ground floor of the building, also caught fire, burning goods worth lakhs of rupees to ashes, they said.

The cause of the fir

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