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Thane: A major fire broke out at a ground-plus-three-storey cloth dyeing unit in Saravali MIDC, Bhiwandi, on Friday morning. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, though it took nearly six hours for the fire brigade to bring the blaze under control. The fire erupted around 9:45am, when workers were engaged in their routine tasks. As soon as the flames were noticed, the staff quickly evacuated the premises. Within minutes, the fire spread throughout the entire unit.The Bhiwandi Fire Brigade rushed to the spot, but due to the intensity of the blaze, additional fire engines were called in from neighbouring Thane and Kalyan-Dombivli municipal corporations to assist in the firefighting operation. A fire official stated, "After six hours, we have managed to bring the fire under control, but it will take more time to completely extinguish it." The owner of the unit, who was present at the spot, informed the fire brigade that all employees had safely exited the building before the fire spread further. The exact cause of the fire has not yet been determined, and further investigation is underway.
NEW DELHI: A fire broke out at the Mother and Child Block of Delhi-AIIMS on Thursday evening, prompting authorities to rush 10 fire tenders to the spot. However, no casualty has been reported yet, an official of the Delhi Fire Services said. The DFS officer said a call regarding the fire was received at 5.15 pm. "We rushed 10 fire tenders to the hospital and firefighting operations are ongoing," he said. Patients and staff were safely evacuated from the affected area, and routine medical operations have been maintained or resumed where possible. The fire damaged certain sections, but ongoing ...Read More >
A Level-III fire broke out on Thursday morning (October 23, 2025) at the JNS Business Center, a ground-plus-13-storey glass façade commercial building located on S.V. Road near Gandhi School in Behrampada, Jogeshwari (West), Mumbai. The incident was first reported at around 10:51 a.m. and was initially classified as a Level-II fire. According to officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), the incident was first reported at 10:51 a.m., and within minu ...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 >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 21 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a showroom in Gurugram early Tuesday morning. According to the shop owner, he received a phone call at around 2:30 PM informing him about the fire.Initially, he thought the damage might be minor, but upon arrival, he discovered that the shop had been completely destroyed. The fire spread rapidly due to the wooden materials and shattered the glass windows.Fire brigade vehicles have arrived at the scene. Currently, the search ...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 (Gujarat) [India], April 2 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a thread manufacturing factory near Kim Char Rasta in Surat Rural, Gujarat, on Thursday, prompting an immediate response from the fire department. Multiple fire tenders rushed to the spot; however, no injuries have been reported so far. Speaking to ANI, Sub-Fire Officer Vijay Tandel described the situation as serious and said that teams reached the site in the early hours. "...This is a big incident. We reached the spot at around 1:15 AM, and 7-8 fire tenders are at the spot... Efforts are underway to control the fire..." ...Read More >
Mumbai Monorail train stuck between two stations due to power failure (Image: Videograb/X) As continuous rains lash Mumbai leading to flooding, a monorail train got stuck on an elevated track in Mumbai's Vashi Gaon area on Tuesday due to a power supply issue. With several passengers stranded onboard, rescue operations started immediately. The fire brigade reached the spot in a bid to evacuate the passengers using crane. The Maha Mumbai Metro Operation Corporation said the monorail train had ex ...Read More >
Mumbai: Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis's silence on the ruling Mahayuti alliance fighting the upcoming local body polls together in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has led to speculations about "friendly fights" among the Mahayuti partners. The development comes amid the ongoing tussle between Shiv Sena chief and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde and BJP minister Ganesh Naik. Fadnavis, while speaking to reporters during his recent visit to Delhi and later in Mumbai, said, "We will fight the BMC elections as Mahayuti." Though the chief minister has not spoken about alliances in other ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 27 (ANI): A massive fire erupted at a two-story Bata showroom in Crawford Market of Mumbai, Maharashtra, on Sunday. The situation was controlled with the help of multiple fire engines and water tankers. Reportedly, all the stock of footwear, electrical cables, and wiring has been destroyed due to the blaze. DFO Santosh Sawant said that the situation is now under control and an investigation has been launched to identify the cause of the incident. "The fire broke out in a two-story Bata showroom... The entire stock of footwear, electrical cables and wirin ...Read More >
At least seven people have been reported dead after another body was pulled out from the rubble of an explosion that ripped through a firecracker factory in Hyderabad a day earlier, it emerged on Sunday. Rescue officials confirmed to Dawn the recovery of one more body from the rubble, which was pulled out late on Saturday. On Saturday, a statement from the Rescue 1122 spokesperson said that "a powerful explosion was reported in a firecracker factory on the banks of the Laghari Goth river, Latif ...Read More >
VMPLNew Delhi [India], October 4: The 19th edition of Fire India 2025 closed with great success, proving once again why it is considered India's largest and oldest exhibition for the fire and safety industry.The 19th edition of Fire India 2025 has officially concluded at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai, and what a spectacular edition it was! Organized by Services International & Institution of Fire Engineers (India), Fire India once again lived up to its reputation as South Asia's ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 21 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a showroom in Gurugram early Tuesday morning. According to the shop owner, he received a phone call at around 2:30 PM informing him about the fire. Also Read | Diwali 2025: US President Donald Trump Extends Wishes on Deepawali, Calls It 'Timeless Reminder of Light's Victory Over Darkness'. Initially, he thought the damage might be minor, but upon arrival, he discovered that the shop had been completely destroyed. The fire spread rapidly due to the wooden materials and shattered the glass windows. Fire brigade vehicle ...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 >
Kutch (Gujarat) [India], April 4 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a Texwool textile company located in the Kandla Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Gujarat's Kachchh district on Saturday evening. The incident led to an immediate response from the fire services. The blaze erupted at a company named Tex Polymer. Also Read | Avoid Panic: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Reassures Citizens of Stable LPG Supply, Urges People Not to Crowd Agencies. According to an Official, the fire at the used-clothing facility created an atmosphere of fear among locals. Fire brigade teams from KASEZ, the Municipal Corporat ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A massive fire broke out at a paper roll manufacturing unit, Shri Ji Packaging Berol Laboratory, located in a industrial area near Ashoka Garden area of the capital city, around 7 PM on Sunday evening. Thick plumes of smoke were visible from over a kilometer away, triggering panic among nearby residents. According to Ashoka Garden Police, the administration has taken swift action to bring the blaze under control. A total of 15 to 20 police and fire brigade vehicles arrived at the scene, and efforts to extinguish the fire are ongoing. As of now, the fire has not been ...Read More >
Mumbai, Aug 19 (PTI) More than 500 passengers were rescued on Tuesday evening after two overcrowded Monorail trains on elevated tracks got stuck between stations in Mumbai on a day of torrential rains, with over a dozen passengers complaining of suffocation, officials said. The rescue operation was over after almost four hours, they said, adding that overcrowding and power supply failure led to the snags. One of the Monorail trains was stuck between Mysore Colony and Bhakti Park, and cranes had to be deployed to rescue more than 400 passengers traveling in it. Over a hundred were evacuated f ...Read More >
Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 22 (ANI): A massive fire broke out in a godown on Karhal road in Mainpuri district on Tuesday. Fire tenders rushed to the spot, and firefighting operations are currently underway. Further details are awaited. Earlier, a fire broke out at a mobile phone repair shop in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, thus prompting a quick response from the local fire department on Monday. The incident occurred in the Mircharam Gali area of the city. Speaking to ANI, Fire Officer Shivram Yadav said, "Prima facie, the fire seems to be a result of either a short circuit or a di ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) A five-year-old and nine others were rescued after a major fire broke out on the first floor of a residential building in southeast Delhi's New Friends Colony area on Tuesday, an official of the Delhi Fire Services said. A call regarding the fire was received at 5.14 pm from a house in Taimoor Nagar, near a gurdwara on Mathura Road, he said. "All 10 residents trapped on the first floor -- six men, three women and a five-year-old child -- were safely rescued by the fire personnel," the officer said, adding that no injuries were reported. He further said six fire tende ...Read More >
Sangareddy (Telangana), Jun 30 (PTI) Eight people were killed and 26 others injured in an explosion triggered by a suspected chemical reaction in a pharma plant in this district on Monday, officials said. The explosion took place at a reactor in the plant of Sigachi pharma company in the Pashamylaram industrial estate due to the suspected chemical reaction where fire also broke out. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the deaths. Inspector General of Police (Multizone) V Satyanarayana said: "Six bodies have been recovered from the accident site and two people died while undergoing treatme ...Read More >
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Ravindra Chavan is all set to become the next Maharashtra BJP chief as he filed his nomination for the post of party's state president on Monday. Mr. Chavan presented the nomination forms to Union Minister Kiran Rijiju, who has been appointed as a central observer for the elections by the BJP. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and outgoing party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule were present on this occasion. With no other nomination being filed for the post, Mr. Chavan is certain to become the next state president of Maharashtra BJP, said party leaders. The ...Read More >
Mumbai: The State Election Commission (SEC) of Maharashtra on Monday announced the long-awaited election schedule for 29 municipal corporations across the state, including the high-profile Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) as well as Thane and Navi Mumbai. Polling for all 29 civic bodies will be held on January 15, 2026, followed by the counting of votes on January 16, State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said while addressing a press conference in Mumbai. With the announcement of the programme, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force with immediate effect in all the concer ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) announced a major electoral event for the state on Monday, with polls for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and 28 other municipal corporations scheduled for a single phase on January 15, 2026. This comprehensive civic election will determine the representatives for 2,869 seats across 29 major urban areas, marking the end of prolonged administrative rule in several cities, including Mumbai, where the term of the elected body expired back in March 2022. The simultaneous polling across these corporations is expected to create a ...Read More >
Noida, Jun 27 (PTI) A massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Noida's Sector 2 on Friday morning, a fire department official said. Thick smoke and flames coming out of the factory were visible from a distance. Gautam Buddha Nagar's Chief Fire Officer Pradeep Kumar Chaubey said information regarding the fire was received at 5:30 am. Seeing the intensity of the blaze, fire tenders Ghaziabad, Hapur and Meerut were roped in along with private firefighting teams, he said. No injury or casualty has been reported in the incident and the blaze has been doused, the CFO said. "The fire was ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 21 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a showroom in Gurugram early Tuesday morning, prompting an immediate response from the fire department. Fire Officer Narender Kumar confirmed that the department received information about the blaze early in the day and immediately dispatched two vehicles to control the blaze. Speaking to reporters, Fire Officer Narender Kumar said, "We received report of shops on fire. We immediately dispatched two vehicles. All fire stations have been put on standby and vehicles have been called in." Meanwhile, according to the shop ...Read More >
Voting for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections is set for January 15, 2026. Counting of votes will take place on January 16. This announcement formally begins the process for the long-awaited civic polls in Maharashtra. Candidates can file nominations from December 23 to December 30, 2025. The schedule covers elections for the BMC and other municipal corporations across the state. Voting for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections will be held on January 15, 2026, wit ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) A three-storey chawl collapsed in the western suburb of Bandra here in the early hours of Friday, with at least 10 people feared trapped in the debris, civic officials said. As many as seven people have been rescued from the debris so far and admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital, they said. According to preliminary information, chawl number 37 in the Bharat Nagar area of Bandra East collapsed around 5.56 am. Eight fire engines are at the spot along with teams from the Mumbai police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's local ward machinery, an official from ...Read More >
Gujarat Factory Fires: 2 Killed In Mehsana, Bharuch Reported A Major BlazeSource : X/ANI A devastating fire at a fertilizer plant in Gujarat's Mehsana district claimed two lives and left two others injured early Sunday, even as firefighters battled another massive blaze in Bharuch the same morning. According to police, the Mehsana incident occurred around 3 a.m. at a unit near Sametra village. Six workers were on the night shift when flames engulfed the facility. Despite swift action by the fire brigade, who managed to douse the blaze within an hour, two workers were found charred inside the ...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 >
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 >