1500 shanties gutted in massive fire at Delhi’s Tughlakabad leaving hundreds homeless
Meanwhile, in yet another incident, a fire broke out in a shoe factory in northwest Delhi's Keshavpuram on Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, in yet another incident, a fire broke out in a shoe factory in northwest Delhi's Keshavpuram on Tuesday morning.
The fire was reported at 5.02 p.m. in the shoe factory at Mayapuri Phase 2 and rescue operation is underway.
Nine people were killed and 10 others injured after a massive fire broke out in a cloth warehouse in Northwest Delhi’s Kirari area.
Earlier this month, a massive blaze had broken out in a four-storey building comprising illegal factories in north Delhi’s congested Anaj Mandi area, killing 43 people.
A massive fire in the same four-storey building in the Anaj Mandi area, comprising illegal factories killed 43 and injured 16 workers on Sunday.
According to the fire department, CISF Inspector who got unconscious in the fire incident has passed away.
A senior NDMC official suggested that a short-circuit could have caused the fire, adding that as per the records, the building had faced "intermittent partial demolition" or other civic action under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act from mid-June 1993 to January 1994, for unauthorised constructions.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the kin of the deceased.
A call about the fire was received at 4:35 am and 28 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. No casualty has been reported so far.
A DFS official said that 25 fire tenders were sent to the spot and the fire fighters managed to douse to the flames till 9 a.m., but the operation was still on.
