Noida, June 29 (IANS) A major fire broke out on Monday at a high-rise residential apartment in Noida’s Sector 119, triggering panic among residents and prompting a large-scale emergency response. The blaze was reported on the 21st floor of the Aranya Society, following which multiple fire tenders were rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control. According to officials, nearly six fire engines were deployed immediately after the fire department received the alert. Firefighters launche…
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Noida, June 23 (IANS) After the tragic fire mishap in Lucknow coaching institute claiming more than a dozen lives, the Gautam Buddha Nagar district administration on Tuesday stepped up inspection and examination of coaching institutes as well as commercial establishments to check their adherence to standard safety protocols and also fire safety mechanisms. During inspection drive, the authorities found flagrant violations in a coaching institute operating from Noida’s Sector-104 and shut down it…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) A massive fire broke out in a slum cluster located behind Delhi’s Maulana Azad Medical College in the Balmiki Basti area of Takia Kale Khan, destroying at least 30 huts and a large quantity of plywood, timber, and other combustible materials, officials said on Tuesday.They said that despite the intensity of the blaze, no casualties or injuries were reported due to the swift response of emergency services and police personnel.According to officials, a PCR call regarding …
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) A fire broke out at a government office in south Kolkata’s Alipore area on Wednesday morning, officials said. According to the locals, black smoke started coming out of the multi-storey office of South 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad in Alipore at around 10 a.m., and the Fire Department was informed.The area was covered in black smoke, while a portion of the roof had collapsed.At least 10 fire engines have already reached the spot to douse the fire. While two people were rescu…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) A major fire broke out at a tyre rubber processing factory in the Rajendra Nagar area of Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on Tuesday morning, prompting a swift response from the fire department.Officials said the blaze was brought under control after nearly an hour of firefighting, and no casualties were reported.According to fire department officials, information about the fire was received at around 7:30 a.m., following which fire tenders were immediat…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) One more foreign national succumbed to injuries during treatment, taking the toll in the Malviya Nagar fire tragedy to 22, the Delhi Police said on Sunday. The injured who died on Sunday was a Nigerian national, the police said.So far, 13 foreigners and nine Indians have lost their lives in the Malviya Nagar fire tragedy that took place on June 3 at the multi-storied Flourish Stay Bed and Breakfast hotel in South Delhi.Earlier, the authorities said that 47 people were re…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) As the city comes to terms with devastating fire at the bed and breakfast facility in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar that claimed 21 lives, the former MLA and Aam Aadmi Party (AA) leader Somnath Bharti on Thursday pointed at flagrant violation of the building by-laws by the hotel and called the mishap an “abject failure” of BJP’s four-engine government. Speaking to newsmen today, Bharti also questioned the inordinate delay in the arrival of fire tenders at the spot …
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) A team of experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) is scheduled to revisit the hotel in Malviya Nagar on Thursday to conduct a detailed forensic examination in connection with the devastating fire incident that claimed 21 lives, according to Delhi Police sources. Sources said that the FSL team was able to inspect only one floor of the hotel on Wednesday and will continue its examination of the remaining sections of the building.The victims of the fire were repo…
Muzaffarpur, June 4 (IANS) At least three people lost their lives, and several others sustained injuries after a massive fire broke out at Prasad Hospital, one of North Bihar’s prominent private healthcare facilities, located under the jurisdiction of the Brahampura police station area in Muzaffarpur, officials said on Thursday.Muzaffarpur District Magistrate Subrat Kumar Sen confirmed the deaths and stated that a number of patients remain in critical condition. They have been shifted to other h…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti and BJP MLA Satish Upadhyay on Wednesday praised the locals for their efforts to rescue those who were trapped in a building where a massive fire broke out in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar killing over 20 people.At least 20 people were killed, and dozens were injured after a fire broke out at the multi-storied Lemon Green Restaurant in Malviya Nagar on Wednesday morning, officials said.So far, 37 people have been rescued and take…