Fire at cosmetics factory in Delhi's Pratap Nagar, one dead
India | February 27, 2021 10:02 ISTAt least 28 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. According to the fire department, a charred body was also found in the factory.
At least 28 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. According to the fire department, a charred body was also found in the factory.
A woman labourer was killed and two others were injured when a boiler of a factory exploded in neighbouring Shamli district, police said on Saturday.
Four people, including an employee of IMC Group and three labourers, were killed after the private company's storage tank containing 1,700 tonnes of methanol caught fire following an explosion at 1.30 pm on Monday.
The fire department said that the blaze broke out about 5:45 pm in an electric fan factory in Gazipur, near the Bangladeshi capital and that when it was finally put out 10 bodies were found in the charred ruins of the establishment, the Efe news reported.
Twenty two years later, on Sunday morning, December 8, 2019, another fire broke out in a factory in a crowded market in West Delhi's Rani Jhansi Road area killing 43 so far, making it Delhi's second worst fire incident since Uphaar tragedy.
Both the heads of the country took Twitter to send their messages and prayers for the recovery of those suffered injuries.
The Indian Embassy in Sudan reported about the Indians killed in the incident that happened on Tuesday, without mentioning the number of casualties.
A four-storeyed factory engulfed in flames in Delhi late on Sunday. At least 28 fire tenders are present at the spot to douse the flames, in which one fire personnel has been injured. There were no reports of any casualties in the fire incident.
Workers of the factory in the Panki industrial area of Kalyanpur were rescued during the firefighting operation. No casualties were reported.
The incident occurred around 11.30 am and the impact of the explosion was such that the entire roof of the fireworks factory was blown off.
Police said that, prima facie, the fire started due to an electrical short circuit around 6.30 am at the Raja Park factory in Sultanpuri, which made shoe and sandal uppers.
A major fire has been reported at a factory in Delhi Udyog Nagar industrial area.
Eight to ten people are suspected to be trapped at the site of fire and building collapse, police said.
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