"This is criminal negligence...This is the largest fire incident to have happened in Hyderabad's history. 17 people have lost their lives. Family members are saying that the proper training needs to be given to the fire brigade and emergency personnel involved in rescue operations, but were
Chief Fire Officer Rakesh Salunkhe on Monday said that three fire officials, including him, were injured while trying to control the fire that broke out in a factory in Maharashtra's Solapur.
A fire broke out at Modi Pearls shop in Hyderabad's Charminar area, killing 17 people. Victims were rushed to hospitals but later declared dead. Police registered a case and launched an investigation to determine the cause of the blaze. Two shops were completely burnt in the fire.
At least 6 people, including 2 children, were hospitalised due to suffocation after a fire broke out while an e-rickshaw was being charged on the ground floor of a building in Delhi's Shahdara, the police said on Monday.
According to an official, the fire broke out in a tyre factory in the Gadaipur area of Jalandhar. He said that the fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the flames after the fire department received information about the incident at around 5:15 in the morning.
The Governor conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident and wished a speedy recovery to the injured, according to a statement by Raj Bhavan on Sunday.
Kozhikode DFO Ashraf Ali KM mentioned that nearly all fire stations in the area had responded to the fire, which was controlled around 10 PM on Sunday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed deep sorrow over the incident and announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia from the Prime Minister National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the deceased's next of kin and Rs 50,000 to be given to the injured.
Advocate Prashant Singh Atal, representing Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, has sent a legal notice to the Samajwadi Party media cell for making derogatory remarks over the Deputy CM on the social media handle X.