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Delhi Factory Fire Injures Six After Panicked Building Jump
A fire started in a factory in Swaroop Nagar, Delhi.
The factory made judo clothes and boxing gloves.
No one was inside the factory when the fire began.
People in a nearby building became frightened because of the blaze.
Six people, including women and children, jumped down and were hurt.
People below used bedsheets and mattresses to help cushion their falls.
Firefighters sent 15 fire engines and put out the fire.
The injured people were taken to hospitals and are out of danger.
Police are still checking how the fire started and how much damage was caused.
Six people, including women and children, were injured after jumping from a building during a fire-related panic in northwest Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar.
The fire broke out on the ground and first floors of a godown-cum-factory making judo dresses and boxing gloves.
Police said no one was inside the factory when the blaze began, but people in an adjacent building panicked.
The Delhi Fire Services received the call at 11:05 am and sent 15 fire tenders to the scene.
The fire was extinguished, all six injured people were reported out of danger, and the cause and damage remain under investigation.
- Who
- Six people, including women and children, were injured; police, firefighters and nearby residents responded.
- What
- A fire broke out in a factory, prompting six people in an adjacent building to jump to the ground in panic.
- Where
- A godown-cum-factory in Swaroop Nagar, northwest Delhi.
- When
- Sunday; the Delhi Fire Services received the call at 11:05 am.
- Why
- The fire caused panic in the adjacent building; the cause of the blaze was still being investigated.
Key facts
- Injured
- Six people, including women and children
- Location
- Swaroop Nagar, northwest Delhi
- Factory activity
- Manufacturing judo dresses and boxing gloves
- Fire call time
- 11:05 am on Sunday
- Fire response
- 15 fire tenders
- Condition of injured
- All were out of danger
- Investigation status
- The circumstances leading to the fire and extent of damage were still being ascertained
Quotes
An unidentified person at the scene
A person heard directing others during the rescue effort
“However, panic spread among people in the building adjacent to the factory, prompting six of them, including women and children, to jump from the building, resulting in injuries.”
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“Arey aur chaddar lao”
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