According to Fire Officer, Prashant Singh, "The blaze broke out in the warehouse of a transport company in Basni area. Within no time the flames gutted the entire warehouse down."
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.
Assistant Divisional Officer of Delhi Fire Service Rajesh Kumar Shukla said, "We received a fire call at 8.10 p.m. on Wednesday. The team immediately rushed to the spot. The fire is under control. No causality has been reported. An operation to douse the fire is underway."
As the air quality in Delhi remained in the 'Severe' category on Sunday on the fourth consecutive day, Delhi Fire Services joined hands with the Delhi Government in curbing pollution.
Mumbai Fire Services rushed fire tenders to the Pavan Dham Veena Santur building after receiving information of the blaze at 12:27 pm today, an official said.
Delhi Fire Services received a call informing them of the incident at around 7.40 a.m. Upon receiving the information, a total of eight fire tenders rushed to the site and started a rescue operation, said officials.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has merged the Central awards conferred separately to the police, fire service, home guard and correctional service-- a move to streamline the honours for Central and state police personnel as well as departments and organisations of other related fields.
As many as 35 students were rescued from a girls' PG at Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar where a fire broke out earlier on Wednesday evening, a top fire services officer said.
These dewatering trucks with high-capacity suction pumps have been brought in by the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) to deal with any contingency like the one recently, where the area in and around the Raj Ghat and ITPO were submerged after heavy rains.