Fire broke down at cloth godown in north Delhi’s Kirari area.
New Delhi:
Nine people were killed and 10 injured after a fire broke out in a cloth warehouse in Northwest Delhi’s Kirari area.
The fire broke out around 12:30 am.
The godown was situated on the ground floor of a three-storey building. The building had no fire equipment and only one single staircase.
The injured were taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital and other nearby hospitals for treatment.
Forty-three people were killed when a fire broke out at a luggage manufacturing factory in a crowded area in north Delhi. Most of the people who died were labourers who were sleeping at the factory in Anaj Mandi on Rani Jhansi Road when the fire broke out at 5 am.
The factory was operating in an area, whose narrow and congested lanes are lined with many small manufacturing and storage units.
More details are awaited.
