Seoul, March 21 (IANS) South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday visited the site of a fire at an automobile parts plant in the central city of Daejeon to inspect relief efforts and meet with bereaved families and victims.Lee made the visit a day after the blaze, which left at least 14 people dead and 59 others injured, including two firefighters, reports Yonhap news agency.He was briefed on the casualties and ongoing disaster response, and urged fire authorities to take measures to prev…
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Daejeon, March 21 (IANS) Ten people have been killed and four others are still reported missing in a large fire at a car parts plant in South Korea’s Daejeon, authorities said Saturday. Another 59 people suffered serious or slight injuries.Firefighters have been searching for the four people who were unaccounted for when the blaze started.One of the bodies was found on the second floor of the factory and nine others were found on the third floor, according to authorities.A total of 170 workers w…
Surat, March 11 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at a chemical warehouse in the Sachin industrial area of Surat on Wednesday, triggering a series of explosions and initiating a large emergency response, officials said. The blaze erupted at a warehouse belonging to Aether Industries located in the Hoziwala compound in Sachin GIDC, where large quantities of chemicals were reportedly stored.Preliminary information indicated that several chemical drums caught fire, leading to repeated explosion…
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) A fire broke out in Anandapur area in southern outskirts of Kolkata, said the police on Tuesday. This time a fire broke out in the factory of a famous cake manufacturing company. However, there is no report of any injury. An investigation into the incident has been started.According to the police, the cake manufacturing company has a factory in EM bypass. The incident occurred when the work was going on in the factory on Monday night.After spotting fire, the worker…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) At least seven workers died after a major soil mound collapse at a construction site in Gurugram, while four injured workers were rescued and rushed to the hospital. Rescue operations by the police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), along with civil defence teams and firefighters, were continuing in the wee hours of Tuesday as 10 workers were feared trapped under the debris.According to investigators, the incident occurred at a construction site where a sewa…
Ghaziabad, March 6 (IANS) Panic spread in the area after a massive fire broke out on Thursday night in a paint factory and a scrap warehouse in the Mainapur Industrial Area located on Meerut Road in Ghaziabad. The fire was so intense that thick black smoke could be seen from a distance.As soon as the fire department received the information about the blaze, several teams reached the spot and managed to bring the fire under control after strenuous efforts. Fortunately, there were no casualties in…
Ghaziabad, March 4 (IANS) A massive fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday on the ground floor of a multi-storey building in Khoda Colony, Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, injuring several people and triggering panic among residents. According to preliminary information, the blaze started on the ground floor of the five-storey building and quickly spread to the upper floors, filling the premises with thick smoke. Residents rushed out of their homes as flames rapidly engulfed parts of the struc…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Six members of a cloth merchant’s family including five children were killed after a massive fire broke out at their two-storey home in the Lisari Gate area of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. An elderly woman and a neighbour sustained severe burn injuries and are undergoing treatment.The incident occurred in Gali No. 1, Kidwai Nagar, near Surahi Wali Masjid. Cloth merchant Iqbal alias Asim had stepped out to offer prayers at a nearby mosque along with his brother Farukh when th…
Jaipur, Feb 16 (IANS) A judicial inquiry has been ordered after a devastating fire at a chemical and firecracker factory in the Khushkheda Industrial Area of Bhiwadi in Rajasthan’s Alwar district claimed seven lives on Monday, leaving the state in shock. The blaze, which broke out around 9.30 a.m. at plot number G1/118B, spread rapidly due to the presence of highly combustible chemicals and firecracker-making materials inside the unit. Nearly 20 to 25 workers were reportedly on duty when the f…
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at a dry food warehouse in the Anandapur area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata in the early hours of Monday, with six people feared trapped inside.The blaze erupted around 3 a.m. and has been raging for several hours, with firefighters yet to bring it fully under control. Twelve fire engines have been deployed to extinguish the flames.The warehouse, located in Nazirabad under the Anandapur area, primarily stored dry packaged food items and bott…