As firefighting operations are underway to douse the fire that broke out in a cloth factory in the Bakkarwala area of Outer Delhi on Sunday, Deputy Chief Fire Officer M K Chattopadhyay said that the fire spread due to explosion in LPG cylinder and it has been brought under control.
The fire in the Malaratta area of Srinagar, which has been contained, destroyed a mosque, a few shops, and residential homes, officials said on Monday.
The fire officials have managed to douse the fire that broke out at a wooden material factory near Hanuman Dharam Kanta, Nilothi village in the national capital on Friday night, a fire official said.
There was no loss of life in the fire incident. "At the time of the fire, three employees were present in the factory, who were evacuated safely," Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Rahul Kumar told ANI.
The incident took place in Shakarpur S-block and a total of eight fire tenders took around six to seven hours to bring the fire under control, officials said.
"This is a big challenge for us and we are working on all the possibilities to bring this fire under control whether it is taking help from the Indian Army. We will take strict action against those involved in the fire incident. We are taking help from the Army and will keep doing that," Dha
Upon receiving the information, fire tenders rushed to the spot and started to douse the fire. After two hours of the operation, the fire brigade was able to bring the fire under control. No one was injured in the incident.
Fire safety Officers of Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT) said that they received information about the fire at around 1 PM, following which four fire tenders from the BKT Fire Station and Indiranagar Fire Station reached the spot, and brought the fire under control.
A fire broke out in a slum in Zakir Hussain Nagar, Govandi area of Mumbai, on Tuesday. Fire tenders rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation authorities.