A fire broke out in Delhi Hari Nagar’s shoe manufacturing factory on Saturday evening.
The fire was reported at 5.02 p.m. in the shoe factory at Mayapuri Phase 2 and rescue operation is underway, Delhi Fire Service chief Atul Garg told IANS.
Garg told that a total of 20 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. The fire tenders find difficulty to reach the spot due to factory being located in a congested area.
He further told that no casualty was reported till now.
A major fire broke out on December 23 in a factory at Anaj Mandi in which around 9 people were dead. After the incident, the existence of factories in residential area and their authorisation were in question.