The Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Tardeo was twice bitten by fires, but has not learnt to be shy of them. According to a source, some officers had cautioned senior authorities about how Sunday's fire was a disaster waiting to happen, because of two fires the centre had seen in 2015 and 2016.

Sunday's fire gutted the century-old learner's licence barrack and a part of the office, and damaged data and computer systems. On Monday, officials and sources from the RTO told mid-day about the earlier fires that had similarly gutted two other portions of the office. A source even said that some RTO officers had cautioned the seniors about the high probability of occurrence of such an incident.