Page 3 - Fire Accident

Fire brought under control in Chandni Chowk's Bhagirath Palace on day 6

A massive fire that broke out at a wholesale market in the Bhagirath Palace area of Chandni Chowk was brought under control on Tuesday even as the cooling process is underway for the sixth consecutive day, officials said. The fire officials said that over 150 fire tenders have worked since its outbreak. According to the officials, the fire has been brought under control but the cooling process is still underway to ensure that the fire is completely doused. Presently, two fire tenders are at the spot which is dealing with the cooling process which is expected to continue today. The traders' body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has requested the Centre, Delhi government and insurance companies to help start rehabilitation work for the affected traders of Bhagirath Place market where more than 250 shops have been gutted due to the fire about five days back. CAIT secretary general Praveen Khandelwal and other trade leaders said that along with Delhi Electrical Traders ...

Bhagirath Palace market fire: Around 200 shops damaged, case registered

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

Delhi L-G takes stock of Chandni Chowk's Bhagirath Palace fire site

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Saturday visited the Bhagirath Palace market in Chandni Chowk where work is still underway on the fire that broke out on the night of 24 November.More than 150 shops and godowns have come under the grip of this fire and more than 100 fire tenders are engaged in extinguishing the fire, informed the Fire Department.According to the fire department, the call regarding the fire was received at 9:19 pm on Thursday following which the fire tenders were rushed to the spot."Visited the fire site at Bhagirath Palace, Chandni Chowk, where the cooling process is yet on. With hanging wires, overloaded circuits, old buildings, water shortage & narrow lanes, such areas are dangerously prone to blazes," tweeted LG VK Saxena.The fire department also said that smoke is still clearly visible from inside and the shops inside are mostly electrical and there are warehouses stocked with electrical goods.The LG has further constituted a multi-disciplinary ...

Over 100 shops gutted in fire at wholesale market in Delhi's Chandni Chowk

Around 100 shops were gutted in a massive fire in the wholesale market of Bhagirath Palace area in Chandni Chowk here even as the cooling operations are currently underway, police said on Friday. No injuries have been reported so far, they said. Five major buildings got affected during the fire-fighting operations out of which three collapsed, they said. According to the fire department, a call about the blaze was received at 9.19 pm on Thursday and 40 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. At present, 22 fire tenders are engaged in the cooling process as the fire has been brought under control after more than 12 hours, a fire department official said. The fire broke out in a shop in Mahalaxmi Market and soon spread to adjacent ones, all dealing in electrical appliances, officials said. White smoke billowed high in the sky as the toxic stench of burning plastic and rubber polluted the air. Director of Delhi Fire Service Atul Garg told PTI, "Fire is under control. Now, 22 fire ten

Over 50 shops gutted in fire at wholesale market in Delhi's Chandni Chowk

More than 50 shops were gutted in a massive fire in the wholesale market of Bhagirat Palace area in North Delhi's Chandni Chowk even as the cooling operations are currently underway, police said

10 killed, 9 injured in apartment fire in northwest China's Xinjiang region

A fire in an apartment building in northwestern China's Xinjiang region has killed 10 people and injured nine, authorities said Friday. The fire broke out Thursday night in the regional capital of Urumqi, where temperatures have dropped to below freezing after dark. The blaze took around three hours to extinguish. The injured were all expected to survive and the cause of the fire is under investigation, the local government said. The tragedy comes days after 38 people died in a fire at an industrial trading company in central China caused by welding sparks that ignited cotton cloth. Four people have been detained over the fire in the city of Anyang and local authorities ordered sweeping safety inspections. Aging infrastructure, poor safety awareness and, in some cases, government corruption has led to series of recent fires, explosions and building collapses around China, which continues to grapple with new COVID-19 outbreaks, prompting lockdowns and rigid travel restrictions ...

38 killed, 2 injured in cloth manufacturing plant blaze in China's Henan

A massive fire at a cloth manufacturing plant in central China's Henan province has killed at least 38 people and injured two others, local officials said on Tuesday, the latest fatal industrial accidents to hit the country in recent years. It took firefighters more than four hours to douse the fire that broke out on Monday at the plant in the Wenfeng district of Anyang city in Henan province, according to the city's publicity department. Firefighters put out the fire at around 11 pm on Monday, it said. Thirty-eight people were killed and two others were injured in the blaze, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The injured persons have been hospitalised. Local authorities blamed the company, which mainly manufactures clothes, for carrying out operations against rules and regulations. Preliminary investigation revealed that sparks during welding operations caused the fire, igniting cotton fabric in the factory, the municipal emergency management department said. Chinese Preside

Indonesian passenger ferry carrying 271 people catches fire near Bali

A passenger ferry carrying 271 people caught fire Wednesday off Indonesia's resort island of Bali, but there were no immediate reports of casualties and evacuation efforts were ongoing, rescue officials said. The Mutiara Timur I was carrying 236 passengers and 35 crew members when it caught fire in the Bali Strait, about 1.5 km (a mile) from Karangasem beach. Dozens of rescuers, navy sailors and local fishermen were trying to evacuate people to two navy ships and and there were no immediate reports of injuries, said Bali's search and rescue agency head Gede Darmada. We are still focus on evacuation efforts, Darmada said, adding that the cause of the fire was being investigated. Photos and video released by the National Search and Rescue Agency showed rescuers in inflatable boats evacuating the passengers to a navy ship while black smoke billowed from the burning ferry. The ferry was heading from Lembar port in West Nusa Tenggara province from East Java's Ketapang town, according t

9 Indians among 10 killed, several injured in Maldives fire incident

Officials said 10 bodies were recovered from the upper floor of a building destroyed in the fire, which originated from a ground-floor vehicle repair garage, local media reported.

Fire breaks out at Noida factory, no casualty reported; rescue ops underway

A fire broke out at a factory in Noida on Monday morning, prompting rescue and relief measures at the site, police said. No casualty was reported in the fire that erupted in the factory located in Phase 2 industrial area around 9 am, a police official said. "Multiple water tenders were rushed at the spot along with firefighters and efforts are being made to douse the blaze," the official said. The local police are also at the spot to assist in the relief measures, the official added. The cause of the fire and damage to the property were yet to be known.

Fire in electrical meter room of high rise building in Thane; no casualty

A major fire broke out in the electrical meter room of a 20-storey residential building in Maharashtra's Thane city on Monday, a civic official said. No one was injured in the blaze which broke out at around 3.30 am in the building located in Balkum area, Thane Municipal Corporation's regional disaster management cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said. He said 24 out of the total 75 electrical meter boxes installed in the premises were destroyed in the fire. The power supply to the building was cut off immediately after the blaze erupted, he said. A team of local firemen and RDMC rushed to the spot and put out the fire in one-and-a-half hours, the official said. The cause of the fire is still not known, he added.

Two dead, many others injured after fire breaks out at Vrindavan hotel

The fire probably broke out in the pantry or the servant room in the early hours of the day and spread out from there, SHO, Vrindavan, Suraj Sharma said

Fire breaks out in plastic factory in Delhi's Narela, three rescued

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.

4 killed, 10 injured as oil tanker catches fire in Mizoram's Aizawl

At least 4 people were killed and 10 others injured after a tanker carrying petrol caught fire in Mizoram's Aizawl district on Saturday evening

Maharashtra: Fire breaks out at soap factory in Palghar; no casualties

A blaze broke out at a soap factory in Boisar area of Maharashtra's Palghar district on Saturday and no casualties were reported in the incident, police said. The fire erupted in the factory around 3.30 pm, following which the fire brigade and local police were alerted, an official said. A firefighting operation was initiated and the blaze was doused in an hour, he said. No casualties were reported in the incident, as the factory was closed at the time, the official said, adding that a probe has been launched to ascertain the cause of the blaze.

3 killed, 12 injured in chemical factory blast-cum-blaze at Maha's Palghar

At least three persons were killed and 12 others injured in a major blast followed by a fire at a chemical factory in Tarapur industrial area of Maharashtra's Palghar on Wednesday, police said

Crackers responsible for 37 of 85 fire incidents in 3 days in Mumbai

As many as 85 fire incidents were reported in Mumbai during the first three days of Diwali celebrations, of which 37, or nearly 44 per cent, were caused by crackers, said the Fire Brigade on Tuesday. However, no casualties were reported in these incidents. According to the Fire Brigade, as many as 37 blazes were triggered due to bursting of firecrackers among the 85 such incidents reported in the city between October 22 and October 24. A top Fire Brigade official told PTI that of the 85 fire calls received in the last three days, the maximum 41 were on October 24 (the main day of Diwali festival), followed by 27 on October 23 and 17 on October 22. Elaborating further, he said crackers were responsible for 28 incidents of fire on October 24, followed by seven on October 23 and two on October 22. Before the start of Diwali, the Mumbai civic body had appealed to citizens to take precautions while celebrating the festival and contact the Fire Brigade's control room on 101 and its .

Over dozen fire incidents reported on Diwali in Noida, no casualties

The fire department received more than a dozen calls from Noida and Greater Noida on Diwali, officials said on Tuesday. Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Arun Kumar Singh said, no loss of life was reported in any of the incidents. In two instances, the water tenders and firefighters returned midway after the flames were doused before they arrived at the spot. "Altogether 13 fire incidents were reported from 6 am Monday till 6 am Tuesday. Three fire incidents were reported from homes, including an apartment in a high rise society, while rest were from shops and garbage dumping spots in Noida and Greater Noida," Singh said. One water tender and four fighters were sent at 12 spots, he said. "Maximum four water tenders were rushed along with firefighters to Vedantam society in Gaur City 2 area of Greater Noida (West) after a call alerted us about the fire in an apartment around 10 pm Monday," Singh said. The blaze had spread to two floors of the apartments but was put out within an hour, he ..

Fire in Ahmedabad 'chawl' due to crackers, explosions in 5 gas cylinders

A fire broke out in a 'chawl' or tenement in Ahmedabad city apparently due to crackers, causing explosions in five gas cylinders kept in different rooms on Tuesday, but no casualty was reported, officials said. The incident took place in the city's Sarangpur locality in the wee hours. The officials also said as many as 57 fire calls were received from across the city post-Diwali on Monday. "A chawl (old row tenement) with 11 rooms and located on the first floor caught fire that triggered blasts in five LPG cylinders kept in different rooms," said Divisional Fire Officer, Ahmedabad, Om Jadeja. The blaze, appeared to have been caused by firecrackers, started from three godowns storing plastic materials located on the ground floor of the building. "Residents of the building escaped unhurt. It took nearly one-and-a-half hours to douse the flames as the approach road to the building was narrow, causing delay in movement of fire tenders," he said. In a separate incident on the city's

15 incidents of fire in Pune on Diwali; house gutted, no casualty

At least 15 incidents of blaze due to firecrackers were reported in Maharashtra's Pune city on the occasion of Diwali and in one incident an entire house of gutted, a fire official said on Tuesday. No one was injured in the blaze which erupted at the house located in Aundh area late Monday night, the official from the Pune Municipal Corporation's fire department said. He said 15 incidents of fire, suspected to have been caused due to firecrackers, were reported from various parts of Pune between 7 pm and 11 pm on Monday. In one such incident, a fire broke out in a four BHK (bedroom hall kitchen) flat located on the first floor of a 12-storey building in Aundh area, he said. "Following the call, seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot where 30 to 35 residents were shifted to the terrace for safety and the fire was doused," the official said. No one was injured in the incident, but the entire flat was gutted in the blaze, he said. "As per some eye-witnesses, the fire broke out i