New Delhi/Meerut/Agra/Gurgaon, May 28: The hot Indian summer is taking its toll through a spate of fire incidents throughout the country.
A garment factory was gutted inside the congested locality of Raghavpur near Gandhi Nagar in east Delhi on Sunday causing losses to the tune of several lakhs of rupees worth garments.
in Wazirpur village, a fire inside a paint factory set up in a residential building trapped several persons. Firemen used ladders to rescue trapped people.
Three shops were gutted in Nauchandi, Meerut on Sunday, while in Manesar, Gurgaon, a pharmaceutical factory suffered extensive damage due to fire on its two acre campus. More than 24 fire tenders were used to douse the flames.
In Hari Parvat, Agra, a generator kept outside a house suddenly caught fire and firemen had to be brought in.
There were reports of fire in a shopping complex in Beniabagh, Varanasi, while a chemical factory was completely gutted in Gajraula indus
