Toll in Bhankrota Tanker fire rises to 14
The LPG tanker exploded with a big bang after collision with a truck, leaving around 50 persons gravely injured.
The LPG tanker exploded with a big bang after collision with a truck, leaving around 50 persons gravely injured.
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.
Seven people, including two women and a three-year-old child, were dead in a major fire at a private hospital in Dindigul town, 425 km south of Chennai.
Seven people, including a three-year-old boy, were burnt to death in a private hospital in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday night.
A massive fire broke out in a banquet hall in Shastri Park area of North East Delhi on Wednesday evening.
Sources in the Delhi Police said the elderly was near an LPG cylinder when the fire broke out and spread to the entire room.
Intermittent blasts and leaping fire created panic in the 2 km radius of the accident site after the mishap occurred right after midnight last, and people living along the Highway and shops ran seeking help.
As many as 27 fire tenders were rushed to the spot in Karampura and were carrying out the firefighting operations at the factory
The deceased were identified as Kanchan Arora, 86, and Kamal, 92). While the two women were killed, 17 others were safely rescued from the centre engulfed by raging flames.
About 20 others were under treatment for smoke inhalation, they said, adding the death toll could rise further.
