Hyderabad: Fire guts ATM, cash recovered

Hyderabad: An ATM machine of the HDFC Bank caught fire at Nagole on Wednesday. However, cash was not damaged. Fire officials think a short circuit might have caused the fire.

Fire officials said HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank ATMs are located adjacent to each other on Nagole crossroads. Around 5.30 am the guard inside the ICICI Bank booth heard noise and came out.

“He found the noise was coming from the HDFC Bank ATM machine. There were sparks behind the machine and soon it became a big fire,” said Moula Ali fire officer G.B. Chandra Shekar.

The ATM, the air conditioner and the booth were destroyed in the fire. By 7.30 am the fire was brought under control.