Elderly couple charred as fire broke out in South West Delhi apartment
A senior citizen couple was charred to death following a fire that broke out in their apartment on Wednesday evening in South West Delhi’s Safdarjung area, the police said.
A packaging unit in sector 83 area was gutted after the fire broke out here, officials said today.
No casualty was reported in the incident, a fire station official said.
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The incident took place last night around 1.30 am and the fire was extinguished at 2 am in the morning, he said, adding that short-circuit could be the reason behind the fire.
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“16 fire tender was used to control the fire. There was no casualty, however; all goods and machinery were destroyed in the fire,” the officer informed.
The factory was into manufacturing of plastic and paper packaging wrappers.
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