Compared to the previous year, the number of fire-related incidents during Diwali in Delhi saw a slight increase in 2023. Fire Department had received 201 calls of fire-related incidents during Diwali in the year 2022.
According to information, the fire broke out at around 9 am today in the densely populated market in east Delhi and the fire department was informed at 9:05 am.
According to officials, four people, including two minors, died in the accident, which took place near the Swaminarayan temple and Navle bridge on the Pune-Bangaluru highway at around 09.30 pm.
"A fire call about a factory fire was received. October 13, Time: 6:01 am. Fire in plastic dana factory at H-10 Near metro station, Udyog Nagar. A total of 26 fire tenders rushed to the site. So far no causality reported," an official statement said.
The lawsuit filed by the family said that the Seattle Fire Department medics reached the residence within six minutes after the first call but they waited to enter because Yurek was wrongly included on a "so-called blacklist" of people who had a history of hostility toward first responders.