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Bhopal: A 11-year-old boy on Saturday died and five others injured when a multistorey building in Indore in Madhya Pradesh caught fire, police said. The incident happened when the three-storied house belonging to a scrap dealer caught fire due to a short circuit, police said. Foam and sponge materials were stored in the house which caused the fire, triggered by a short-circuit, spread very fast in the building. Thick black smoke soon engulfed the entire building leading to suffocation of six members of the family of the scrap dealer, police said. While the 11-year-old boy suffocated to death, other five members of the family were rescued and rushed to the nearby hospital where they have been kept in the intensive care unit (ICU), police said. The blaze was brought under control by the firefighting personnel.
Kochi: Edison Babu's neighbours in Muvattupuzha knew him as the quiet engineer who had returned home during the pandemic. The 35-year-old former auto industry professional seemed to lead an unremarkable life in this sleepy Kerala suburb, occasionally visiting the local post office with packages: nothing unusual for someone running what appeared to be a small online business. What they didn't know was that their mild-mannered neighbour had built India's most sophisticated darknet drug empire, one that relied heavily on the very government postal service that was meant to serve the community. ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Five workers were injured and had to be hospitalised after a fire broke out in a rubber factory in Udyog Vihar, Phase 1, on Friday. No casualties have been reported in the incident, a police officer said.Initial investigation suggests a short circuit in a machine installed in the basement triggered the fire, leading to smoke filling parts of the building.According to police, an emergency response vehicle team on patrol in the area first noticed smoke billowing from the factory building at Rubtech (Mech) India around 10.30am. The team immediately alerted the fire brigade and other agen ...Read More >
Delhi Mall Fire Tragedy: A disturbing voice message from Kumar Dhirender Pratap, who was 25 years old and an aspirant for UPSC, has generated outrage as he passed away in a raging fire at Vishal Mega Mart, Karol Bagh. Stranded in a smoke-filled elevator, Pratap had left his last messages for his older brother at 6:51 pm, "Bhaiya ab saans phool raha. Kuch karo" (Brother, I am short of breath now. Do something). Pratap, a resident of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, had come back to Delhi only 48 hours ago to resume his preparation for civil services. A fire, reportedly due to a short circuit on the f ...Read More >
Srinagar- Amid a sharp rise in fire incidents across the Kashmir Valley, particularly Srinagar, the Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Department has urged residents not to park their vehicles on roads and lanes during night hours. Officials said that haphazard parking on narrow roads and residential lanes has become a serious obstacle for fire tenders and emergency vehicles, often delaying crucial rescue and firefighting operations. "Vehicles parked on the roads not only obstruct movement but also create immense inconvenience for emergency services. In many localities, fire tenders are unabl ...Read More >
Mumbai: On the morning of October 26, a fire broke at Kandivali West's Agarwal Residency, where eight people were rescued. The fire broke out on the second floor of the sixteen-storey residential building in the Shankar Lane area of Kandivali West. As the information about the fire was received, the firefighters reached the spot quickly and doused the fire within 20 minutes times. Eight residents were rescued from the incident of which two were men, three women, and three children, including a 3 ...Read More >
Around 300 shops were gutted after a major fire broke out early Saturday on Kolkata's Ezra Street. Fire officials said there were no casualties as residents living in adjoining buildings had been evacuated in time. "We had evacuated all the buildings. So no casualties," Indira Mukherjee, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kolkata Central, told reporters, reported the Indian Express. Twenty fire engines have been deployed to control the blaze, which officials believe was triggered by a short circuit. ...Read More >
Surat, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five members of a family, including four women and a four-year-old child, died after a fire broke out in a residential building in the Limbayat area of Surat on Tuesday morning, officials said. The incident was reported at around 11 a.m. in the Mithi Khadi locality, where a ground-plus-two-storey house caught fire. According to initial information, the blaze is believed to have started on the ground floor while cooking was underway, possibly due to a gas leak, and spread rapidly through the premises. Fire brigade teams reached the spot shortly after being al ...Read More >
Nagpur: Diwali night was hectic for Nagpur's fire and emergency services department as firecrackers triggered a series of blaze calls across the city, keeping all fire stations on continuous duty. Out of 16 fire-related calls received in less than 10 hours, 11 were reported within a five-hour window on October 21 -- between 7pm and midnight -- stretching the city's firefighting network to its limits.The first call came around 7.05pm, marking the start of a long night for fire personnel. The blaze was reported inside the market committee office near Rahul Hotel in Ganeshpeth, and it took nearly ...Read More >
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 6 (ANI): The relatives of the victims of the fire incident at the ICU of the Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur protested against the hospital administration and the State government, alleging negligence by hospital staff. As six patients lost their lives in the tragic incident, people gathered outside the hospital, sloganeering against the hospital administration and the BJP government in the State. One of the protestors alleged that the hospital staff was negligent when informed about the short circuit at the ICU. "The hospital staff was informed about ...Read More >
AHMEDABAD: A tragic fire in Surat's Limbayat area claimed the lives of five members of a family -- four women and a young child -- after toxic smoke from burning saree-packing materials rapidly filled their home. What began as a routine morning inside a modest two-storey house in the Mithi Khadi locality turned into a deadly disaster within minutes. Around 11 am, a fire broke out in Bethi Colony, but it wasn't the flames that proved most lethal -- it was the thick, poisonous smoke that spread swiftly, suffocating those inside before they could escape. Residents, alarmed by smoke billowing fr ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 2 (ANI): A major fire broke out late Wednesday night in several shops along the Sitapur Highway in the Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT) area of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, causing significant property damage worth lakhs of rupees. Speaking to ANI, Fire Station Officer Prashant Kumar said that the alert was received around 11:45 PM, and fire tenders were immediately dispatched to the scene. Also Read | CBSE Rolls Out Curriculum on Computational Thinking, AI for Classes 3-8 From 2026-27 Academic Session. "As soon as we received the alert, sometime around 11:45 PM, we i ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 5: A massive fire that erupted at a Vishal Mega Mart outlet in Delhi's Karol Bagh area on Saturday, claimed the lives of two men, according to police sources. The incident occurred at a four-storey commercial building located on Padam Singh Road, with the blaze primarily concentrated on the second floor. The fire was first reported at approximately 6:44 P.M. on Friday, prompting a swift response from emergency services. At least 15 fire tenders were deployed to the site to control the flames and carry out rescue operations. Despite their efforts, two fatalities were confirmed d ...Read More >
Lucknow: It was a providential escape for 22 patients after a major fire broke out early Monday at the Northern Railway Divisional Hospital in Lucknow's Alambagh, triggering panic among patients and staff. The blaze, suspected to have started from a short circuit in the CCTV server room on the ground floor around 5:15 am, quickly spread through electrical wiring, filling the three-storey building with thick black smoke.The Critical Care Unit (CCU) on the first floor was soon engulfed, prompting a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two people, a 25-year-old civil services aspirant and a 30-year-old lab technician, were killed in the massive fire at Vishal Mega Mart in central Delhi's Karol Bagh on Friday. According to the fire service, the building lacked a valid fire certificate and a case of negligence has been registered by police.The deceased were identified as Kumar Dhirender Pratap Singh and Pawan Gautam. Singh, originally from Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh, was found dead inside the elevator, where he is believed to have suffocated after getting trapped, while Gautam, an ITI graduate from Aligarh who worke ...Read More >
New Delhi: A firefighter was injured after a massive fire broke out at a building in North Delhi's Sadar Bazar on Saturday afternoon.According to officials, the incident was reported at 3:49 pm. A total of 27 fire tenders and over 100 firefighters rushed to the spot, located in the Main Market of Sadar Bazar.The fire reportedly started on the first floor of the building and quickly spread to three upper floors. The area, known for its dense crowds and congested lanes, posed additional challenges for firefighting efforts.The injured firefighter is identified as Yogender, who is posted at the Sa ...Read More >
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): A fire broke out in a cloth warehouse in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, due to a short circuit, officials said. The fire broke out around 3 pm on Tuesday at Fazil Enterprises under the Kundarki police station. Six fire tenders reached the incident site to douse the fire. Speaking with ANI, Chief Fire Officer Rajiv Kumar Pandey said, "Our 4 fire trucks reached the spot... We are carrying out firefighting operations... All people are safe, and firefighting operations are ongoing. At this time, a total of 6 fire trucks are engaged in extinguishing t ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A massive fire broke out at a rubber manufacturing unit in the Katedan industrial area on Thursday. Fortunately, no casualties have been reported. Due to the intensity of the fire, thick plumes of smoke were seen billowing from the building, causing panic among nearby industrial workers. According to fire officials, the fire erupted at a unit involved in producing car mats and other rubber-based products. On receiving the alert, five fire tenders from nearby fire stations rushed to the spot and began firefighting operations. After an hour of firefighting the fire was doused. The ...Read More >
The narrow house had only one entrance and no outlet for the smoke. (Representational Image) Indore: An 11-year-old boy died of suffocation and five members of a family were injured after a fire broke out at their house in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city in the early hours of Saturday, police said. A fire erupted around 2.15 am due to a short circuit at the three-storey residence of a scrap dealer, said Anil Gupta, the station house officer of the Juni Indore police station. He said that scrap m ...Read More >
Gorakhpur, Nov 16 (PTI) A massive fire erupted at the Waterways Restaurant & Banquet near the Taramandal Buddhist Museum here on Sunday, leaving one staff member dead and causing extensive property damage, officials said. The blaze, which started around 5 am, quickly spread through the entire three-storey building, with thick smoke engulfing the area and triggering panic among locals. Chief Fire Officer Santosh Kumar said the fire control room received an alert at 5:16 am, following which four fire tenders were dispatched. "After three hours of intensive operations, the fire was brought und ...Read More >
Police said Veer and his brother Shoriya Sharma , an engineering aspirant, were alone at home when the fire erupted. Their father Jitendra Sharma, who teaches at a coaching centre, was attending a bhajan event and mother actor Rita Sharma was in Mumbai at the time of the incident that happened at around 2 am on Sunday, they said. Kota SP Tejeshwani Goutam, who visited the spot on Sunday morning, said a short-circuit is suspected to have caused the blaze. The fire broke out in the drawing room ...Read More >
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 6 (ANI): Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Monday demanded a high-level investigation into the deaths after a fire broke out at the ICU of a trauma centre at SMS Hospital in Jaipur on late Sunday night. In a message on X on Monday, Gehlot said that the fire in the ICU of the trauma centre at SMS Hospital, resulting in the death of seven people, is "extremely heartbreaking" "The state government should conduct a high-level investigation into this incident to ensure that such accidents do not recur anywhere in the future," h ...Read More >
Nagpur: Firefighters of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) were on their toes on Saturday evening and early Sunday morning after two major fire incidents were reported at different locations in the city. One occurred at a prominent restaurant in Dharampeth, which was operating without proper fire compliance, and another at a scrap factory on Old Kamptee Road. Together, the two fires gutted material worth around Rs1.30 crore, though no injuries were reported in either case.The first incident occurred at a scrap factory situated on Old Kamptee Road late on Saturday night. According to offici ...Read More >
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): A fire broke out in a cloth warehouse in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, due to a short circuit, officials said. The fire broke out around 3 pm on Tuesday at Fazil Enterprises under the Kundarki police station. Six fire tenders reached the incident site to douse the fire. Also Read | Leander Paes, Indian Tennis Great, Joins BJP Ahead of West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, Says 'Big Opportunity To Serve Youth' (Watch Videos). Speaking with ANI, Chief Fire Officer Rajiv Kumar Pandey said, "Our 4 fire trucks reached the spot... We are carrying out ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) "Bhaiya ab saans phool raha. Kuch karo...(Brother I am short of breath now. Do something)," that was the last message Kumar Dhirender Pratap managed to sent his elder brother -- a desperate cry for help from inside a smoke-filled elevator. Barely 48-hours after returning to Delhi to restart his UPSC preparations, the 25-year-old aspirant from Banaras found himself trapped in a lift at Vishal Mega Mart in Karol Bagh, as fire raged through the building. He had come back with hopes of a fresh start but instead, he died gasping for breath, waiting for help that came too la ...Read More >
According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), a call was received about a fire near KD Campus, behind the Batra Cinema building. Locals said the blaze started on the first floor and spread to the upper floors where the family was present. At the time of the incident, apart from Singh's family, one staff member was inside the building, DFS officials said. "As the fire started on the first floor, everyone rushed to the third floor. On being alerted, we rushed six fire tenders and police teams to th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (Reuters) - At least six patients were killed after a fire broke out in the trauma centre of the main government-run hospital in the northwestern Indian city of Jaipur, officials said on Monday. The blaze, suspected to have been caused by a short circuit, started in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Sawai Man Singh Hospital and quickly spread to a nearby ward at the sprawling medical complex, "releasing toxic gases", hospital official Anurag Dhakad told ANI news agency. "Fiv ...Read More >
Ghaziabad: A residential building in Indirapuram with 20 flats caught fire on Wednesday night after a skyshot firework exploded in the balcony of a second-floor house and started a blaze that reached the fifth floor within minutes.Crackers were being burst on the street at Friends Avenue - part of extended Diwali celebrations that NCR has been seeing, with Supreme Court's orders restricting cracker-bursting to a two-hour evening window largely ignored, and not enforced either.Six fire tenders too ...Read More >
Mumbai: Eight members of a family, including three children aged three to seven years, were rescued on Sunday morning after a fire broke out in their flat in a high-rise building in Kandivali West. The fire was likely caused by a short circuit and doused within 20 minutes while three family members had to be admitted to the hospital after suffering suffocation due to smoke inhalation, officials said. The blaze, reported around 7.45am, broke out in the living room of a three-bedroom flat on the second floor of Agarwal Residency, a 16-storey building on Shankar Lane. The Kotharis, who lived in ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) A massive fire that erupted at a Vishal Mega Mart outlet in Delhi's Karol Bagh area on Saturday, claimed the lives of two men, according to police sources. The incident occurred at a four-storey commercial building located on Padam Singh Road, with the blaze primarily concentrated on the second floor. The fire was first reported at approximately 6:44 P.M. on Friday, prompting a swift response from emergency services. At least 15 fire tenders were deployed to the site to control the flames and carry out rescue operations. Despite their efforts, two fatalitie ...Read More >
Four women and a 4-year-old child died after a fire broke out in a multi-storey house in Surat's Mithi Khadi area. The blaze is suspected to have been caused by an electrical spark that ignited foam sheets used for saree packing, producing dense, toxic smoke. Four women and a child were killed after a fire broke out in a three-storey house in Gujarat's Surat city on Tuesday morning, police said. The incident occurred in the Mithi Khadi locality under the Limbayat police station area at around 10 ...Read More >