Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood on Wednesday virtually launched a massive public awareness campaign organized the Education Department and Delhi Fire Service on the occasion of “Fire Service Week” with an aim to strengthen safety mechanisms across schools and the hospitals across the national capital.
According to the Delhi Fire Service, they received a call about the incident at around 4:45 pm. An official stated that five fire tenders were immediately dispatched to the spot.
According to the police, thick smoke billowed from the site as authorities scrambled to control the fire.
A fire at Kosmos Hospital in Delhi’s Anand Vihar on Saturday afternoon killed one person and led to the rescue of 11 others, including eight patients, officials said.
A massive fire erupted at a chemical factory in North East Delhi’s Sabhapur, officials said on Friday.
According to Delhi Fire Services (DFS) Director Atul Garg, a call was received at 6:05/6:06 am regarding the fire in Milansar Apartment in Sector 14 in Rohini.
The total number of injured persons reported in the incident so far is around 29, out of which 18 were taken to AIIMS trauma centre.
Earlier, another fire incident was reported at a tent godown in Southwest Delhi's Jaunapur area around 5.20 PM, informed the fire officials.
A huge fire broke out in Old Delhi's Bhagirath Palace market and 40 fire tenders are at the site to control the blaze. A major part of the building has been damaged, Atul Garg, Delhi Fire Service Director said.
A fire broke out at an apartment in a residential society in Greater Noida West on Diwali evening, officials said.
