Published On : Wed, Mar 1st, 2023
By Nagpur Today Nagpur News

Narrow escape for fire-fighters in Delhi as building collapses after fire

Around 100 fire-fighters had a narrow escape on Wednesday as a three-storey godown that had caught fire collapsed in north Delhi while they were dousing the blaze, officials said.

No injuries have been reported yet, the Delhi Fire Service officials added.

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The department said it received a call about a fire at a factory on Roshanara Road near the Pulbangash metro station, but as its teams reached the spot, they saw it was a godown.

Around 100 fire-fighters are deployed at the spot, the department said.

“We received a call around 11:50 am about a fire at a factory near Jaipur Golden Transport on Roshanara Road. Eighteen fire tenders have been rushed to the site. During the fire-fighting operation, the three-storey building which caught fire collapsed but fortunately, our fire-fighters had a narrow escape,” Atul Garg, director, Delhi Fire Service, said.

Fire-fighting operations are underway, he said, adding that the cause of the fire is not known yet.

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