Tag: Delhi Fire Services

201 fire calls in Delhi reported on Diwali

Despite a complete ban on firecrackers in the national capital, the Fire Department received as many as 201 calls during Diwali, officials said on Tuesday.

October 25, 2022

Two children die in Delhi building collapse

DFS Chief Atul Garg said three persons, including two children, were rescued from the spot and rushed to the hospital.

September 13, 2021

Delhi govt announces Rs 10 lakh compensation to Kirari fire victims’ kin

Nine people were killed and 10 others injured after a massive fire broke out in a cloth warehouse in Northwest Delhi’s Kirari area.

December 23, 2019

Delhi Hotel Fire: Authorities pass the buck, major flaws found during interim probe

A senior NDMC official suggested that a short-circuit could have caused the fire, adding that as per the records, the building had faced "intermittent partial demolition" or other civic action under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act from mid-June 1993 to January 1994, for unauthorised constructions.

February 14, 2019

Child among 7 killed as LPG cylinder explodes in West Delhi building

The blast brought a portion of the structure down trapping those inside; building owner among those injured, case registered against him

January 4, 2019

Fire in Delhi’s Karol Bagh factory, four dead

One injured person has been admitted to hospital

November 19, 2018

Two firemen injured in blaze

Two firemen were injured in a fire that engulfed three factories in outer Delhi’s Mundka on Thursday. A call was received about a blaze at 9.25 am. Thirty fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the firefighting operations are still underway, said an official from the Delhi Fire Services. The fire engulfed a scrap dealer’s shop,...

January 25, 2018

School bus catches fire, students escape unhurt

As many as 33 students had a narrow escape after their school bus caught fire near Naraina on Tuesday, a Delhi fire services (DFS) official said. A call was received at 10.10 am about the fire on the school bus and three fire tenders were rushed to the spot, the official said. However, before the...

October 31, 2017

Delhi fire dept gets over 200 calls on Diwali

The Delhi Fire Services received over 200 calls related to fire incidents from across the national capital on Diwali. Officials said though the final figures were yet to come in, they felt there was a decline in the number of calls this year due to a temporary ban on sale of firecrackers by the Supreme...

October 20, 2017

Fire breaks out in PMO, no one injured

A fire broke out in a room of the the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the South Block here early this morning, but no one was injured in the incident, the Delhi Fire Services said. A call was received about a fire in room number 242 of the Prime Minister’s Office around 3.35 am, a...

October 17, 2017

Fire at west Delhi market

A fire broke out at a market in west Delhi’s Tikri area late last night, a Delhi Fire Services officer said today. No one was injured in the blaze which started from a pile of plastic waste at PVC Market. A call was received about the blaze at 12.30 am and 22 fire tenders were...

September 16, 2017