Ranchi, May 12 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at the popular ‘Levee Bar and Restaurant’ located at the busy Karamtoli Chowk area in Ranchi during the early hours of Tuesday, causing extensive damage to the property and reducing valuables worth several lakhs of rupees to ashes.The incident reportedly took place around 5 A.M and thick black smoke and towering flames rising from the restaurant created panic among local residents and passersby. The fire was so intense that it could be seen from a c…
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Jaipur, May 9 (IANS) Panic briefly gripped the Rajasthan Secretariat on Saturday after a fire broke out in the News Section of the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), officials said. According to preliminary reports, the blaze was triggered by a short circuit in an electrical switchboard, causing smoke to rapidly spread across the section and creating chaos among employees and officials.As soon as the incident was reported, the Secretariat security personnel rushed to the spot…
Pune, April 30 (IANS) Panic spread across the Kondhwa area of Maharashtra’s Pune on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday after a hazardous gas leak was reported from a storage tank at a chemical facility near Gangadham Chowk.According to officials, at least 17 people initially complained of breathing difficulties and were subsequently hospitalised, but the number can increase.Preliminary findings indicate that the leak originated from a cylinder containing chlorine gas that had repo…
Ghaziabad, April 29 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a flat inside a private residential society in the Indirapuram area of Ghaziabad, gutting at least eight flats and triggering panic among residents, officials said.According to initial reports, the blaze erupted suddenly in a flat within the Gaur Green Avenue society, rapidly spreading to adjoining units and causing significant damage. The full extent of the losses is still being assessed by authorities.As soon as information about the inciden…
Los Angeles, April 27 (IANS) A tragic incident unfolded during the setting up of the stage for Shakira’s upcoming Brazil show as a construction worker helping with the setup was killed. The concert organizers have confirmed the incident as they stated that the Fire Department was immediately called to transport the patient, reports ‘People’ magazine.In a statement on Instagram translated from the original Portuguese, the “Todo Mundo No Rio” concert shared, “The event organizers confirm tha…
Los Angeles, April 27 (IANS) A tragic incident unfolded during the setting up of the stage for Shakira’s upcoming Brazil show as a construction worker helping with the setup was killed. The concert organizers have confirmed the incident as they stated that the Fire Department was immediately called to transport the patient, reports ‘People’ magazine.In a statement on Instagram translated from the original Portuguese, the “Todo Mundo No Rio” concert shared, “The event organizers confirm tha…
Jaipur, April 27 (IANS) Panic gripped the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on Monday after yet another bomb threat was received via email, prompting an immediate evacuation and a large-scale security operation.According to officials, the threatening email claimed that five “Silicon 100-base RDX” bombs had been planted inside the Assembly complex and would explode at 12:00 P.M.The message warned authorities not to take the threat lightly and demanded the immediate evacuation of all VIPs. The em…
Dhar/Pithampur, April 22 (IANS) A massive blaze erupted at a private waste company in Sector-3 of Pithampur, the bustling industrial zone in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, turning the waste disposal facility into an uncontrollable inferno within moments. The fire, which began in the early hours of Wednesday, has not yet subsided. Dozens of fire tenders raced to the scene and waged a battle against the flames, yet the fire continued to devour the premises unchecked. Thick plumes of smoke billow…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) A minor fire broke out at a private hospital in Kolkata’s Salt Lake area on Tuesday, but the patients were safely evacuated, and no casualties were reported, officials said.It was learnt that the fire broke out following a short circuit in the air-conditioning at one of the operation theatres of the Anandalok Hospital. Soon, all patients were moved out of the building and shifted to a separate hospital building. There was no report of any injury or death in the fire. The…
Lucknow, April 16 (IANS) The bodies of an infant and a toddler were recovered early on Thursday following a devastating fire that broke out a day earlier in a slum cluster in Lucknow’s Vikas Nagar area, destroying more than two dozen huts and sparking panic among residents. Officials said the deceased were the two daughters of Satish, a resident of Village Kashipurwa under the Ram Sanehi Ghat Police Station limits in Barabanki district. The victims have been identified as Shruti, aged around two…