New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) At least six people were injured after a suspected LPG cylinder explosion led to the collapse of a building in Delhi’s Mukundpur area on Tuesday morning, officials said. The Delhi Fire Service received a distress call at around 9:37 a.m. reporting what appeared to be an explosion, followed by the collapse of a residential structure. Emergency teams were immediately mobilised to the site as rescue operations got underway.According to fire department officials, five fire t…
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New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) At least six persons have been confirmed dead while six others have been rescued safely till Sunday evening after a four-storey building collapsed in south Delhi’s Saidulajab village near Saket metro station, Delhi Police said in a statement. The Delhi Police officials in the statement said: “On May 30 at 19:35 p.m., information regarding a building collapse in Saidulajab village was received by Beat staff from the Mehrauli Police Station, who were on routine patrol. The…
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A 13-year-old boy died while a woman was injured in a fire that broke out at a house in the Khyala area of West Delhi on Wednesday, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Jaspreet, while the injured is 65-year-old Swamjeet Kaur. According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), a distress call was received at around 2:45 a.m. on Wednesday regarding a fire on the ground floor of a house in Khyala’s Vishnu Garden. Fire and relief officials immediately reached the sp…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) A fire broke out in a three-storey house located in Delhi’s Vijay Vihar Phase-2 on Tuesday morning. All the residents were safely evacuated by the rescue officials, the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said. The DFS received the information about the blaze in a house in Gali No. 5 of Vijay Vihar Phase-2 at around 7:06 a.m. Following this, three fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot, according to the officials.The fire department officials stated that the fire initiall…
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at a furniture market in the Shastri Park area of North East Delhi late at night, triggering panic among shop owners and local residents. According to fire officials, the Delhi Fire Service control room received information about the blaze on Friday night at around 11:57 P.M. By 1:20 A.M., nearly 25 fire tenders had reached the spot and firefighting operations were underway.The blaze rapidly spread through several shops in the market, with thick …
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday expressed distress over the tragic fire at a four-storey building in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar and said that every possible assistance is being ensured for those affected. Nine people, including a toddler, were killed, and several were injured after a massive fire broke out at a four-storey building in Vivek Vihar area early on Sunday morning, officials said. The fire broke out on the second floor of the building at around 4 a.m., afte…
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in Chand Bagh, near Bhajanpura, Delhi, in the early hours of Sunday, leaving several people trapped. The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) responded promptly to the emergency call from residents reporting a fire at F Block, Gali No. 23.The initial turnout included four water tenders (WT), one water bowser (WB), one Quick Response Vehicle (QRV), one turntable ladder (TTL), and one mobile pump (MP). The rescue operatio…
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A full emergency was declared at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport on Saturday, after an IndiGo flight purportedly developed a technical snag mid-air, leading to the failure of one of its engines. The flight, 6E 579, operated on a Boeing 737 aircraft, coming from Vishakhapatnam, made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport at 10.52 a.m. this morning.The Delhi-bound flight made an emergency but safe landing on IGI’s runway number 28.Ahead of th…
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Panic spread in the Keshav Puram police station area of Delhi after a fire broke out in a residential house. Five people sustained injuries in the incident. Three fire tenders and teams from the Keshav Puram police station rushed to the scene and worked to extinguish the blaze. The incident occurred near the Tri Nagar grain market within the jurisdiction of the Keshav Puram police station. The fire started in the house at approximately 7.00 a.m. However, the exact caus…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) A massive fire broke out near the Matiala fish market in Delhi, engulfing hundreds of slums and triggering panic among residents. The blaze destroyed nearly 300 to 400 slums, leaving several families homeless and prompting urgent calls for assistance from the government. According to officials, the fire broke out around 11.53 p.m. on Wednesday and quickly spread through the densely populated slum area. The Delhi Fire Service received the emergency call around 11.50 p.m…