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.
Six people were injured after an LPG cylinder exploded inside a house here, fire office said.
The cooling operations continued even hours after the fire broke at central Delhi’s Mori Gate area around 7.55 p.m. on Tuesday.
A fire official said that 15 tenders were rushed to the spot immediately after the call was received at 7.55 p.m.
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“Cooling operations are still on. It is suspected that the fire spread and another cylinder blasted,” he said.
On Monday, a fire broke out in a parking lot at the same Mori Gate, in which no injuries or casualties were reported.
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