Editor Mr.Mayank Rawat ( Chief Editor Mr. Rohit Mishra )
New Delhi: Delhi reported at least five fire incidents on Sunday. One was in a building housing coaching centres in Old Rajendra Nagar, another in a medical agency’s godown in east Delhi’s Ganesh Nagar, and one in a hotel in west Delhi’s Paschim Vihar.Another blaze in Farsh Bazar, suspected to have started in a charging e-rickshaw, injured six people.In Sarojini Nagar market, a fore broke out in a shop.At Old Rajendra Nagar in central Delhi, the fire broke out on Sunday morning in a multi-storey commercial building. Staff and students of the coaching centres managed to escape.Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said the blaze was reported around 11.08am from a coaching centre in the Bada Bazar area of Old Rajendra Nagar. Initially, four fire engines were sent. However, when the blaze grew, four more were put to work. Nearly 50 firefighters and police teams worked to tame the blaze in about an hour and a half.Authorities are investigating whether the fourth floor was used as a library. They are also checking the building’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) for compliance.The basement was a parking area, and the ground floor had a pizza delivery company. The first floor had a restaurant, and the upper floors were used by various coaching centres. DFS officials indicated that the fire could have started somewhere on the third floor.In Farsh Bazar, among the six injured were two children and three women. The victims were identified as Jyoti (23), Jyoti (32), Naina (35), Sunny (35) and two kids, six and seven years old.According to police, the fire started from a short circuit in the e-rickshaw on the ground floor of a house. Smoke filled the room, trapping six family members inside.In a separate incident, a 27-year-old woman and her pets — a dog and a rabbit — were rescued by firefighters after a fire broke out in a medical agency’s godown in east Delhi’s Ganesh Nagar on Sunday around 2pm. Another fire broke out in a hotel in Paschim Vihar around 1.15pm. Five fire tenders were extinguished it in 35 minutes.In Sarojini Nagar, four to five fire tenders controlled the blaze. One man fainted after seeing the fire and was taken to hospital.
Mayank Rawat
