Delhi Fire

One person was killed after a fire broke out in the Suleman Nagar in Delhi, late Saturday night, the officials informed

The fire fighting operation at Bhagirath Palace market in Chandni Chowk here continued for the fourth straight day on Sunday, officials said. Eight fire tenders are still at the spot and the fire has largely been brought under control, they said. Around 200 shops were damaged in the massive fire that broke out in the wholesale market for electronic appliances on Thursday night. On Saturday, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena had visited the market and said a multi-disciplinary committee had been constituted to look into ways to effectively address issues like hanging wires and overloaded circuits with the active involvement of residents and other stakeholders in areas like Chandni Chowk, Sadar Bazar and Paharganj, among others. He sought a report within 30 days. The fire had been brought under control by Friday morning and the cooling process was underway. But it again turned massive by the evening, a police officer had said earlier. The narrow lanes in the area posed a major .

Around 200 shops were damaged in a massive fire at Bhagirath Palace in Chandni Chowk as fire-fighters toiled to douse the blaze for the third consecutive day on Saturday, officials said. Fourteen fire tenders are at the spot trying to bring the blaze under control, they said. Most of the around 200 shops gutted in fire in the wholesale market dealt with electronic appliances, a senior police officer said, adding a case under IPC sections 285 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter) and 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) has been registered against unknown people. Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena visited the Bhagirath Palace market on Saturday. "With hanging wires, overloaded circuits, old buildings, water shortage and narrow lanes, such areas are dangerously prone to blazes," the LG tweeted. He said a multi-disciplinary committee had been constituted to look into ways to effectively address these issues with the active involvement of

A fire broke out in a plastic factory in Narela Industrial area here on Tuesday, officials said. While three persons were rescued, two-three more are suspected to be trapped in the blaze, according to the fire department. The blaze was reported at 9:35 am and 10 fire tenders were rushed to the spot, they said.

The fire fighters found one charred body of a male on the second floor of a building in Delhi's Gandhi Nagar cloth market where a major fire had erupted

A major fire broke out in a garment shop in Kucha Mahajani area of central Delhi's Chandni Chowk on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday

'Fire was in Hi Fi Restaurant situated at Outer Circle Connaught Place opposite Alka Hotel. After receiving the call we sent six fire tenders to the site to put out the fire'

The maximum number of fire incidents was reported between April 1 and June 30 this year, in part contributed to by scorching temperatures and heatwave conditions during the period

A fire broke out a house in southwest Delhi's Palam Colony area in the early hours of Saturday, police said

The fire that broke out at a factory in Mangolpuri Phase-1 area in the early hours of Wednesday was declared to be of a medium category with no casualty reported so far, according to an official

36 fire tenders were pressed into service and the blaze was put out by 2.10 pm

A major fire broke out at a plastic factory in Bawana area of Outer North Delhi on Wednesday morning.

A huge fire broke out at a shoe market in Central Delhi's Karol Bagh area early Sunday morning, the Delhi Fire Service said

More than 20 people were rescued after a fire broke out in a house in southeast Delhi's Jama Masjid area on Thursday morning, Delhi Fire Service said

In a fourth blaze incident of the day, a fire broke out in the Malkhana of Mandawali police station in Delhi at around 10

A fire broke out at a metro parking lot, causing damage to at least 90 vehicles

A fire broke out at a metro parking area in southeast Delhi's Jamia Nagar on Wednesday morning causing damages to at least 90 vehicles, Delhi Fire Service officials said.

A fire broke out in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the North block post-Tuesday midnight.A fire broke out in the telephone exchange room in the North Block at around 12.18 am.Around 12:18 am, the fire department received a fire call from North block (Home Ministry room number 82 A, B in telephone exchange," said an official of the fire department.Seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the blaze."The fire has been brought under control. The fire stop message was given by the fire department at 1:05 am. No causality has been reported so far," the official added.

The North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Tuesday suspended three officials in the Narenla Zone for alleged laxity in duty following the massive fire in a building in Mundka that claimed 27 lives.

A total of 26 DNA samples have taken from the kin of the deceased in the Mundka fire incident, an official said on Monday.