According to the locals, the explosion created chaos in the market but soon police and fire brigade officials controlled the situation and doused the fire.
The Baby Care New Born Hospital caught fire around 11:30 pm on Saturday and spread to two adjacent buildings. Twelve newborns were rescued from the facility but seven of them died.
Industries minister Uday Samant, local MP Shrikant Shinde and MLA Raju Patil visited the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area, some 40 km from Mumbai.
According to the officials, the fire broke out after the blast of two gas cylinders at the building. However, no casualties were reported in the incident.
On Sunday evening two fire incidents were reported - one in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag and another in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi. No casualties were reported in either incident.
The sudden fire incident created chaos on the busy road near the Patna railway station. However, the fire brigade officials and the local police officials timely rushed to the spot and began the fire-dousing operation.
The visuals from the site show that the blaze has spread wide and the entire locality is engulfed by the black smoke. Some residential buildings can be seen near the fire in the video.
According to witnesses, the fire incident at the hospital caused chaos but the police controlled the situation and fire brigade officials extinguished the flame.
The fire brigade official said the blaze was controlled and there was no loss of life. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, he added.
BJP MLA from Gandhi Nagar, Anil Bajpai, voiced his concern over the lack of a fire station in the area. I met the Lieutenant Governor in pursuance of this matter and the file is in process, he added.
According to the railway authorities, the fire brigade officials rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control. No one has been injured in the fire incident, they said.
The blaze at the shopping mall killed 46 individuals while over 20 people were hospitalised in critical condition. The fire may have been caused due to a gas leak or a stove, say fire authorities, as it quickly spread to the upper floors.
The sources quoting locals said some explosions were heard in the locality, possibly of gas cylinder blasts. Dozens of fire officials rushed to the sport after fire incident news reached them.
The visual of the fire incident shows the middle floor of the multi-storey building caught the flame. The engulfed balcony of the building, shows the video.
A thick layer of black smoke was spotted in the Alipur area creating panic among locals living near the factory. The police personnel and other officials rushed to the spot.
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The visual surfaced on social media showed the top floor of the Anmol Tower caught massive fire. A thick smoke over the building was seen from miles away. The concerned officials rushed to the spot to curtail the flame.
The fire incident took place in ZP block, Pitampura, Delhi, which is a residential area. According to the fire brigade official, five people died in the incident.
Health Minister Gajendra Singh, who visited the hospital after the incident, inspected the microbiology lab and directed the principal of the SMS Medical College to form a committee to investigate the fire incident.
The poice and fire brigade officials rushed to the spot after the news about the fire incident spread. They began a fire-dousing operation at the hotel.
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