Fire Department attends 282 emergency calls during Diwali celebrations in Delhi

Around 282 emergency calls were attended by the Fire Department between 6 pm on Monday and 6 am on Tuesday, sources said.

On the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, midnight onwards and till 6 am on Tuesday, the department received around 130 fire calls, of which 41 were related to firecrackers, an official said.

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So far, there has been no report of casualties in any of the incidents. However, in one of the incidents that took place in the Janakpuri area, seven people were rescued from a house after it caught fire.

Meanwhile, a major fire was reported from Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar where a blaze engulfed a godown measuring 400 square meters and spread to an adjacent building
that also measured around 400 square yards. Around 30 fire tenders were deployed by the Fire Department to fight the blaze. The fire fighters faced difficulties in dousing the flames with the building becoming vulnerable due to the fire causing delay in the fire fighting operation.

So far, there has not been any report of casualties in the incident. The main cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. It is expected to be known following an inquiry by the concerned agency.

The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) remained on high alert amid the Diwali festivities with the firefighters being on their toes to address any emergency call.

On Tuesday, a blaze was also reported from near the Gate No. 31 of the Rashtrapati Bhawan in the afternoon which was brought under control within 20 minutes.
Although the department had initially dispatched a couple of fire tenders, the blaze was successfully doused by a lone fire engine.

According to an official, the fire originated from domestic items kept on the ground floor of a building.