New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A major fire broke out at a three-storey commercial building housing an electronics showroom in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area early on Wednesday, prompting a large-scale firefighting operation involving more than 15 fire tenders and over 75 firefighters, officials said. According to the Delhi Fire Services, the blaze originated in the basement of the ground-plus-three-storey building and quickly spread throughout the structure, which is built over an area of approximately 350…
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Ghaziabad, June 30 (IANS) A transformer caught fire in Adarsh Nagar Colony of Khoda in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district, near the Delhi border, in the early hours of Tuesday. The blaze quickly spread through nearby electric cables, with flames visible from nearly two kilometres away. Upon receiving the alert, around half a dozen fire tenders were rushed to the spot, while additional fire engines from nearby fire stations also joined the firefighting operation. Police and fire personnel managed…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Panic spread across the industrial township of Haldia in East Midnapore district of West Bengal on Tuesday after a fire broke out in the naphtha pipeline at the Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (HPL) refinery.According to the eyewitnesses, the fire erupted early in the morning and very soon spread, taking a serious shape.Several people have been reportedly injured, and many of them have been rushed to a local hospital.The first extinguishing operations began immediately with…
Patna, June 29 (IANS) A fire broke out at a cooking oil warehouse in Karmalichak on Mahuli Road under the Didarganj police station area of Patna, triggering a large-scale firefighting operation, officials said on Monday.The blaze, which started on Sunday night, spread rapidly due to the highly inflammable oil stored inside the warehouse, engulfing the entire premises within a short time.As the fire intensified, the district administration alerted all fire stations across Patna. A total of 25 fir…
Los Angeles, June 23 (IANS) Even before California’s traditional fire season reaches its peak, firefighters across the state have already responded to over 2,580 wildfires this year, as rising temperatures and increasingly dry vegetation heighten concerns over what officials now describe as a year-round fire threat.Several wildfires remained active on Monday, including blazes in Riverside, Kern and San Diego, while fire officials warned that hotter and drier conditions are likely to bring above-…
Lucknow, June 22 (IANS) At least three persons were killed as a fire broke out at a coaching centre in Purania area of Lucknow’s Aliganj on Monday, while many students were trapped inside the building, officials said.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered senior officials to rush to the spot and directed a swift rescue operation.Eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot, and firemen broke down a building wall to evacuate trapped victims, including two dozen students, the police said.Shakeel Ahm…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) A fire broke out at an electrical warehouse located in Gali No. 7 of Bihari Colony in Delhi’s Shahdara district on Saturday, prompting a swift response from the Delhi Fire Services (DFS). Six fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot after authorities received information about the blaze.Firefighters reached the site and launched firefighting operations to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby structures. According to officials, the warehouse was used to st…
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…
Seoul, June 6 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Saturday honoring and paying due respects to those killed while serving the country is a social duty the nation should uphold.Lee made the remarks in a speech at a Memorial Day ceremony, a national holiday commemorating those who sacrificed themselves while serving the country, including those who fought for independence from Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea.Saturday’s ceremony at Seoul National Cemetery was attended by 3,000 u…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The Delhi BJP on Friday hit out at the Opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for disrespecting the efforts of firemen and policemen who risk their lives to save victims of tragedies like the one in Malviya Nagar in south Delhi. Delhi BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that whenever a fire incident or building collapse occurs in Delhi, the reactions of AAP leaders, such as Saurabh Bharadwaj, regarding the Fire Service’s response are extremely shameful.The Delhi BJP…