Home Minister Ali Ihusaan has said an investigation into the fire that severely damaged the Tinu Building and adjoining Green Building found no evidence of arson.

The buildings, which housed the Housing Ministry, Construction Ministry, Environment Ministry and part of Male' City Council, were badly damaged in a fire in December 2024.

Responding to a question from Vaikaradhoo MP Hussain Ziyad (Fittey) in Parliament, Ihusaan said the investigation had been completed with assistance from Maldives Police Service and authorities in neighboring countries.

He said police bodycam footage from officers who responded to the fire also supported the findings.

"I would like to point out that we are not seeing an incident where someone went and set fire [to the buildings]. The fire broke out in electrical wiring. The bodycam footage from the initial stage, when police attended the scene, shows that the fire started in the ceiling, in the wiring of some air-conditioning units," Ihusaan said.

The fire began in the Tinu Building in December 2024 before spreading to the adjoining Green Building, which housed the Environment Ministry.

The Housing Ministry and Construction Ministry were among the government offices affected by the fire, while part of Male' City Council also operated from the buildings.

The three ministries were operating temporarily from Dharubaaruge after the incident.

Police began investigating the cause of the fire immediately after the incident. The police commissioner had previously said CCTV footage from the area was being analyzed.