Around 50 huts gutted in Dum Dum fire
A fire broke out in the slums around Dum Dum's Sudhir Shur College area this afternoon. Explosions were heard in succession. The incident of fire broke out suddenly in the slum in the Chatakol area of Dum Dum.
In yet another tragic fire incident, over a dozen cows were burnt alive as a blaze engulfed a cow shelter on Delhi’s outskirts on Saturday, officials said.
According to information, the fire in Savada area broke out at 1.15 p.m. and on being reported, ten fire engines were sent to extinguish the blaze.
The fire personnel took four hours to bring the fire under control, and it was found that more than dozen cows were burnt alive and the shelter home damaged.
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“Charred bodies of cows are being taken out of cow shelter. The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained,” a fire official said.
An FIR was lodged with the local police station.
Fire fighters were still busy in the cooling operation.
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