The anti-encroachment drive in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow took an ugly turn on Sunday when locals pelted stones at a team of officials from the civic body and district administration.
According to Delhi Fire Services Department officials, the vehicle was moving when it caught fire near Andhra Bhavan at around 9 pm. However, the driver managed to escape on time.
Around 15 commercial units and some houses were destroyed in a massive fire that broke out in a chawl in Mumbai's Govandi in the early hours of Saturday.
Properties worth several crores of rupees were gutted in a massive fire that broke out at a godown of The Jute Corporation of India Limited in Assam's Morigaon district on Wednesday evening. There is no report of any casualty in the fire incident, officials said.
According to fire department officials, the fire broke out in the parking lot of the building situated at Raja Bazar intersection in limits of Chowk Police Station.
A fire broke out in the storeroom of a government high school in Tekkali town of Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam on Wednesday. No casualty or injury to anyone was reported 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.