3 days ago
Fire Breaks Out at Delhi Garment Warehouse, No Casualties Reported
A fire started Sunday morning inside a building storing kurti garments in Old Seelampur, Delhi.
Firefighters sent four fire trucks to the area.
The roads were narrow, so reaching the building was difficult.
The team used five hoses to fight the flames.
Heavy smoke made the work harder.
Officials said the fire was brought under control.
No one was reported hurt or killed in this fire.
The cause and damage were still being checked.
The report also mentioned a separate timber-market fire with no reported casualties and an earlier fire that killed two e-rickshaw drivers.
A fire broke out Sunday morning at a three-storey garment warehouse in Delhi’s Old Seelampur area.
The Delhi Fire Department received the call around 8:21–8:22 a.m. and deployed four fire tenders.
Firefighters used five hose lines and brought the blaze under control despite narrow approach roads and heavy smoke.
No casualties were reported, while officials assessed the premises and extent of damage.
A separate timber-market fire near Rajdhani Park Metro Station was also controlled without reported casualties, while an earlier Raghubir Nagar fire killed two e-rickshaw drivers.
- Who
- The Delhi Fire Department and its firefighters responded; no casualties were reported in the Old Seelampur fire.
- What
- A fire broke out in a three-storey building used as a kurti-garment warehouse.
- Where
- Old Seelampur in Delhi’s Shahdara district.
- When
- Sunday morning, with the call received around 8:21–8:22 a.m.
- Why
- The cause was not stated; firefighters faced difficulty because of narrow approach roads, heavy smoke and the blaze’s intensity.
Key facts
- Location
- Old Seelampur, Shahdara district, Delhi
- Type of premises
- Three-storey building used as a garment shop and kurti warehouse
- Fire alert
- Received around 8:21–8:22 a.m. on Sunday
- Fire tenders
- Four deployed at the Old Seelampur incident
- Firefighting operation
- Five hose lines were used
- Casualties
- No casualties reported immediately
- Separate incident
- Around 20–22 fire tenders responded to a timber-market fire near Rajdhani Park Metro Station; no casualties were reported
- Earlier fatal incident
- Two e-rickshaw drivers died in a fire at a rented premises in Raghubir Nagar earlier this month
Quotes
Anup Singh
Delhi Fire Department officer who described the emergency response
“We received the call at around 8:21 or 8:22 a.m. regarding a fire inside a building that served as a warehouse for kurti garments. Upon reaching the scene, the situation was extremely dangerous. We faced significant difficulty bringing the fire engine here”
thehansindia.com
“There was heavy smoke, but the fire is now under control”
thehansindia.com
Sources
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