Four people died, and two others were injured after a massive fire broke out at a shoe factory in Phase 1 of the Mangolpuri Industrial Area in Delhi at around 9:30 pm on Friday.
Out of the six victims, four persons were declared dead upon arrival at the hospital, while the remaining two persons are currently undergoing treatment.
No injuries or casualties were reported in the incident, although several hutments and household belongings were reduced to ashes. No injuries have been reported,” the Fire Officer said. Recounting the incident, an affected resident said they were asleep when the fire broke out and lost all their household belongings in the blaze. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
After receiving the information, police personnel and fire tender teams immediately reached the location and initiated rescue operations. Multiple fire tender teams worked for hours to bring the blaze under control. All six individuals were immediately shifted to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri for medical treatment. VIDEO | Delhi: Many feared injured after a massive fire engulfs a factory in Mangolpuri area. We do not have information on the casualties. Fire officer ADO Paras Kumar mentioned that the fire initially broke out in the basement. He added that fire officials managed to contain the blaze within the basement, preventing it from spreading further into the structure. All of them were transported to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital…it is a footwear manufacturing unit; shoes are produced and stored on the premises…the fire initially broke out in the basement. We managed to contain it within the basement, preventing it from spreading further. The fire has been completely extinguished, and the cooling-down process is currently underway. DCP of Outer District Vikram Singh disclosed that the police have issued summons to the factory owner over the matter. “The cause of the fire is being investigated. The blaze originated in the basement, after which the fire and smoke spread upwards-there was a significant amount of smoke. VIDEO | Delhi: Massive fire breaks out at a factory basement in Mangolpuri area; several feared to be injured. Rescue and relief efforts are underway. Further details are awaited. (Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/d8jp61yd2p) https://t.co/nEi4VKIj3s Further details awaited. “The cause of the fire is still under investigation. We arrived at the scene and immediately began firefighting operations, bringing the blaze under control within half an hour.
Due to the heavy smoke, we recovered one person from the third-floor staircase and rescued five others from the fourth floor. Rakesh Bharadwaj, from CATS ambulance service, says, “We received a call for a fire at 9.50 pm. Taking swift action, we reached the spot of the incident in 5-7 minutes. We hospitalised 6-7 patients at the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital. We rescued 6 people from the site of the incident…” (Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd) Out of the six victims, four persons were declared dead upon arrival at the hospital, while the remaining two persons are currently undergoing treatment. The Delhi Fire Service rushed 20 fire tenders to the spot after receiving a call about the blaze in the industrial area at 9:32 pm, police said. “The Fire Service received a call around 9:31-9:32 pm regarding a fire inside a factory in Mangolpuri…six individuals were rescued. Earlier on October 25, a fire broke out in shanties in Rani Garden, under the jurisdiction of Geeta Colony Police Station in the national capital, said officials.
A total of six persons were rescued from inside the factory after being found in an unconscious state, officials said. The fire has been completely extinguished, and the cooling-down process is currently underway,” Kumar told reporters. #WATCH | Delhi: Fire officer ADO Paras Kumar says, “The Fire Service received a call around 9:31–9:32 pm regarding a fire inside a factory in Mangolpuri…six individuals were rescued. The officer further said that the authorities are also interrogating the contractor and workers to determine the total number of labourers present in the factory. The factory owner has been summoned, and we are also questioning the contractor and workers to determine the total number of labourers present,” Singh told reporters.
