DCP Shahdara Surendra Chaudhary told ANI, "We received a phone call at Geeta Colony Police Station regarding a major fire in a house at approximately 5:30 am. Accordingly, local police, fire brigade, ambulance and PCR vans rushed to the spot. Nine people were rescued and were sent to hospita
As many as 41 people were rescued, including 19 people who were said to be injured after a massive fire broke out at a cosmetic factory in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on Friday, officials said.
The fire which originated on the third floor of the 14-storeyed building, spread to electric wiring and installations within an electric duct, said Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Municipal Fire Brigade (MFB), the incident occurred at 12.14 am today and no casualties were reported.
More than 800 people have been rescued over the past two days from severe floods in Greece, local officials said. This comes after extreme rainfall turned streets into deadly rivers, tore down buildings and bridges and left whole villages submerged, CNN reported.
The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescued as many as sixty people trapped in their houses after heavy rainfall caused waterlogging and disrupted normal life in the state's Udham Singh Nagar, said officials on Wednesday.
Medical camps have also been established in the district, the DPRO said adding that more water will be released from Pong Dam on Tuesday night which will affect about 17 villages of the region.