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Surat: Five members of a family, including four women and a child, died after a fire broke out in a three-storey house in a residential society near Mithikhadi in the Limbayat area of Surat, Gujarat, on Tuesday morning. The victims reportedly died due to suffocation caused by toxic smoke and burn injuries, triggering panic across the locality. According to police, the incident occurred around 10 AM, when the family was inside the house, which was also being used for saree packing. A large quantity of sarees and foam sheets had been brought in, as it was a holiday, and packing activities were underway. Fire brigade teams, police and 108 emergency services rushed to the spot soon after the blaze was reported and launched rescue operations. However, firefighters initially faced difficulty entering the house as the entire premises were filled with dense smoke. Preliminary investigation suggests that the fire may have been triggered by an electrical spark, possibly from foam sheets kept near a switchboard. The presence of highly flammable materials, like sarees and chemically treated foam, caused the fire to spread rapidly and produce thick, toxic smoke. Officials said the victims were found in a back room where they had moved in an attempt to escape the flames. They were rushed to Civil Hospital in critical condition, but later succumbed during treatment.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 27 (ANI): A female student was allegedly gang-raped inside a law college in Kolkata's Kasba on Wednesday evening. The police have arrested all three accused within 24 hours. The three accused, named as Monojit Mishra (31), Zaib Ahmed (19), and Pramit Mukhopadhyay (20), were former students or staff members of the same law college. Also Read | Student Gang-Raped at South Kolkata Law College: Police Arrest 3 Youths for Sexually Assaulting Young Woman Inside Law College. According to the police, the accused named in the FIR will be produced before the A.C.J. ...Read More >
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 >
New Delhi: Three women, including two sisters, were injured after a fire broke out at Brahmaputra Apartments on Baba Kharak Singh Marg in Lutyens' Delhi. The victims, all of whom sustained minor injuries, were identified as Madhu (19), her sister Jeevika (15) and Madhumati (34). The fire broke out at 1.22pm and 14 fire tenders with 90 firefighters were sent to the spot. The blaze was brought under control by 2.10pm. A fire official said the blaze started in an open parking area, which allowed it to flare up quickly as it received a continuous supply of air. The complex houses 24 members of Par ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A fire broke out at a house in Hyderabad's Red Hills on Thursday, April 9. Property worth Rs 9 lakh was gutted in the incident. The fire was caused by a short circuit. No injuries or casualties were reported in the incident. The family members and neighbours were evacuated by the firefighters. Speaking to Siasat.com, an official from the fire department said, "The fire occurred at 00:17 and we deployed one fire tender to douse the fire." A video shared on social media showed residents exiting the house while firefighters put out the fire. On March 14, a fire broke out in a flat ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A devastating explosion at a chemical manufacturing unit in Pashamylaram industrial area in Sangareddy district, claimed 15 lives and left 34 workers injured. The tragic incident occurred on Monday at Sigachi Industries Pvt Ltd which manufactures microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) powder used in pharmaceutical, food and other industries. Eyewitnesses said there was a loud explosion, shaking nearby areas and sending thick black smoke into the sky. The factory was soon engulfed in flames, triggering panic among employees and nearby residents. The incident occurred around 9 am on Monday ...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 >
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) India's gains from importing discounted Russian oil are estimated to be just USD 2.5 billion per annum, significantly lower than the previously speculated range of USD 10-25 billion, a research report said on Thursday. Stopping Russian oil imports would force India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, to rely on limited alternatives, potentially driving global crude prices up to USD 100 per barrel amid rising demand and tight supply. "Benefit from Russian oil imports is way less than exaggerated media numbers," brokerage CLSA said in a report. While ...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 >
Delhi schools faced repeated bomb threats, causing panic. Delhi Police are investigating, finding the emails hard to trace due to encryption. Senders used VPNs and the dark web for anonymity. Directorate of Education issued safety guidelines. Schools increased security measures. Police are exploring all possible angles, including terror links. Parents expressed fear and anxiety over the disruptions. A fresh wave of bomb threats targeting schools and colleges has kept Delhi Police on its toes as ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 21 (ANI): As the nation celebrated Diwali on Monday, Telangana's fire department witnessed a surge in emergency calls, with a total of 44 incidents reported throughout the day. A major fire broke out at Arene Life Sciences Private Limited in the Sangareddy Industrial area, after which the fire services responded immediately. Also Read | Kolkata Fatafat Result Today, October 21, 2025: Kolkata FF Live Winning Numbers Released, Know When and Where To Check Result Chart of Satta Matka-Type Lottery Game. Two fire vehicles from Sadhasivapet and Sangareddy re ...Read More >
A massive fire erupted at a bar in Bhubaneswar this morning. Thick plumes of smoke were seen on the top floor of the building that houses the bar, in horrifying visuals from the Satya Vihar area in Odisha's capital this morning. No casualties were reported. Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control before it could spread to nearby buildings in the densely populated area. It is now being probed if the fire was caused by a short circuit or some other reason, even as the exact cause re ...Read More >
Mumbai: Uddhav and Raj Thackeray will hold a joint protest march of their parties in the city on July 5 against what they allege is imposition of Hindi in the state's schools from Class 1 through the new three-language policy. This will be the first time they will come together on a political platform after Raj Thackeray's decision to quit Shiv Sena to form MNS nearly two decades ago.There has been speculation of a reunion of the estranged cousins for the coming civic polls, and the protest march is being seen as the first step in that direction, reports Chaitanya Marpakwar.Uddhav and Raj had ...Read More >
Pune, July 8 (PTI) A four-year-old girl who slipped out of a third-floor window grille and was left dangling precariously was rescued in the nick of time on Tuesday by her neighbour, a fire brigade personnel. A video of the heart-stopping incident which took place at around 9 am in Katraj area of the city went viral on social media. Bhavika Chandane, the girl, was alone in the flat at the time as her mother had locked her in and left to drop her elder sister at school, fire brigade officials said. While standing on the window grille, she slipped out but managed to grab the window sill. Yog ...Read More >
Delhi mock drill: A massive disaster preparedness drill, 'Suraksha Chakra', was conducted across Delhi-NCR on Friday, with sirens, alerts, and emergency vehicles simulating a major earthquake. Held at over 55 locations, the mock exercise tested real-time response and coordination among agencies like NDRF, Delhi Police, and the armed forces. Temporary relief camps and rescue operations were also part of the simulation. Residents across Delhi-NCR are hearing sirens and receiving emergency alerts o ...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 >
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 >
Thiruvananthapuram: Ravada A Chandrasekhar took charge as the new State Police Chief on Tuesday. He succeeds Shaik Darvesh Saheb, who retired on June 30. His tenure will run until July 1, 2027. A 1991-batch IPS officer currently serving as Special Director with the Intelligence Bureau, Chandrasekhar is on central deputation. He was selected over Nitin Agarwal, who topped the official list of probables. The appointment order, issued by Kerala Chief Secretary Dr A Jayathilak on behalf of the Governor, was released soon after a cabinet meeting held on Monday. Hailing from Andhra Pradesh's Godav ...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: Several oil tankers in Jammu caught fire on Wednesday. Emergency services responded quickly to the scene, averting a bigger tragedy involving people.No individuals people have been reported to be harmed, according to news agency PTI. However, two tankers with relatively less quantity of oil burst into flames and were complete gutted. The cause of the fire, that started with one tanker near the RTO office at Transport Nagar and spread to 4-5 other tankers, is not known.The area, home to numerous tankers and jhuggies, is considered highly vulnerable.Officials said that fire service pe ...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 minor fire broke out at the Revenue Building in central Delhi's ITO area on Friday morning.According to Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the call was received at 9.57 am, after which a team of 36 firefighters and seven fire tenders were immediately sent. The fire was located on the second floor, in room number 238, and was brought under control swiftly."The fire started in an air conditioning unit, likely due to a short circuit, and spread to some nearby wiring. It was initially doused by staff using extinguishers, and our team handled the remaining fire and cooling operations," said a ...Read More >
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday conducted "Exercise Suraksha Chakra" -- a mock drill across Delhi to gauge the Earthquake and Chemical Hazard preparedness of emergency services across the capital. The exercise with a simulated earthquake was conducted at 55 locations, including schools, hospitals, industrial areas, markets, government offices, metro infrastructure, and vulnerable urban settlements. Advertisement According to the official document, the drill focused on validating the Incident Re ...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 >
A swift response from fire and emergency services prevented a major disaster in Jammu after several oil tankers caught fire in Transport Nagar, highlighting the importance of emergency preparedness. IMAGE: Several oil tankers caught fire in Jammu on Wednesday. Photograph: ANI video grab Key Points Multiple oil tankers caught fire in Jammu's Transport Nagar, prompting a swift response from fire services. The fire, which started under unknown circumstances, spread rapidly to several tankers. Firef ...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 >