The illegal firecrackers manufacturing unit was situated in the residential area near Purana Pool locality in the city. On getting the information about the incident, the police rushed to the spot and began the rescue operation.
Biswajit Sahu, Chief Public Relations Officer of East Coast Railway said that the rescue operation is over and the focus has now shifted to track restoration work.
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 Indian Army has initiated the process to acquire eight landing attack craft for carrying out search and rescue operations in the creek areas and river basins in different parts of the country, said the army officials.
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Sunday after receiving another batch of Indian nationals from Israel at Chennai airport said that a website with details of 'Tamilians' living abroad will be published soon.
Indian Air Force (IAF) evacuated over 1700 persons and the rescue operations will continue in flood-affected areas of Sikkim, the IAF officials said on Saturday.
"Three teams of NDRF were rushed to at the spot last night once we received information of the incident. The NDRF teams launched the relief and rescue operation along with the local administration," Nityanand Rai said speaking to ANI on Thursday.