fire department

New Delhi, March 27 A fire that broke out early Thursday in a house in the Tri Nagar area of north Delhi left five people with minor burns, an official said.The Delhi Fire Services received a call about a fire at 7:10 am in a house on the third floor, the official said.Three fire tenders...

Ahmedabad, March 26 – Around 50 residents were safely rescued after a fire broke out in a residential high-rise in Ahmedabad's Shela area on Thursday morning. Officials credited the building's fire safety systems and a swift response for preventing casualties.The incident was reported at...

Thane, March 25 The Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation (BNMC) in Maharashtra has presented a budget of ₹1,179.10 crore for 2026-27, outlining key allocations for infrastructure, education, transport, and welfare schemes, officials said on Wednesday.In the budget presented by...

New Delhi, March 24 The Delhi government allocated ₹674 crore to the fire department in its budget for 2026–27, up from ₹530 crore in the current fiscal, with a focus on strengthening infrastructure and upgrading machinery to tackle frequent fire incidents.Presenting the budget for 2026-27...

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta presented the city government's annual budget of ₹1,03,700 crore for the 2026-27 financial year at the Delhi Assembly's budget session today.Addressing the session, the Chief Minister stated that Delhi has the third highest per capita income in the country. She...

New Delhi, March 23 The initial report from the fire department states that "highly flammable" materials were stored in the basement of the building in Palam, where a recent fire incident occurred, Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood said on Monday.Sood accused the AAP of playing "blame game" and...

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), March 22 A fire broke out at an automated driving license test center on Tanda Road on Sunday, causing significant damage to official records, police said.No casualties were reported in the incident, police said, adding that the fire is suspected to have been caused by a...

Palghar, March 22 Nine people were rescued after a fire broke out in a 12-story residential building in Palghar district, Maharashtra, on Sunday morning, an official said.There were no reports of injuries in the blaze that erupted on the eighth floor of the building in Virar East around 11 am...

Gurugram, March 20 A major fire broke out at a five-story guesthouse in Sector 28 on Friday afternoon, causing panic and chaos.Police, firefighters, the Haryana State Disaster Response Force (HSDRF), and local residents rescued four people, including three women, who were trapped in the...

New Delhi, March 19 – Following a brief commotion at a condolence meeting, Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Virendra Sachdeva said on Thursday that since the fire broke out in the Palam area, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has been trying to politicize the incident by assaulting a BJP MLA...

Thane, March 19 Nine furniture warehouses were completely destroyed in a fire in Bhiwandi, in the Thane district of Maharashtra, on Thursday, officials said.No one was injured in the blaze, which erupted around 11:30 am at the Chamunda Complex in the Kasheli area, which houses many more such...

New Delhi, March 19 Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav wrote to Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday, demanding the constitution of a committee to investigate the Palam fire incident, which claimed nine lives.According to an official statement, Yadav said in his letter...

New Delhi, March 19 – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor Arvind Kejriwal visited the family affected by the devastating fire in Delhi's Palam area on Thursday, and alleged that lapses by the fire department may have contributed to the loss of lives, while also accusing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 – Following the tragic fire incident at the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack on March 16, which officially claimed the lives of 12 patients, as many as four individuals – including three fire department officials and one engineer – have been suspended on charges...

New Delhi, March 18 In a desperate attempt to escape the deadly fire that claimed nine lives in Palam, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl survived a fall from the third floor after overhead wires prevented her from falling – a split-second intervention that likely saved her life – even as her father...

Thane, March 18 A major fire broke out on the seventh floor of a residential building in the Manpada area of Thane city on Wednesday evening, according to a civic official, who added that no one was reported injured in the incident.The fire started in the Snowdrop Building, located within the...

Ahmedabad, March 18 A fire broke out in a wholesale cloth market in Ahmedabad's Kalupur area on Wednesday afternoon, engulfing over 25 shops. However, no casualties were reported in the blaze, fire officials said.The fire was reported at 1:35 pm, and around 36 fire tenders were dispatched to...

Chandigarh, March 18 A fire broke out in a shop in Sector 22 here, one of the busiest commercial zones in the city, on Wednesday, officials said. No casualties have been reported so far.The fire started on the first floor of a shop and spread to the adjacent shops.An official said that more...

Palghar, March 17 A fire broke out at a pharmaceutical company in the Palghar district of Maharashtra on Tuesday morning, an official said.There were no reports of any casualties, Vivekanand Kadam, chief of the district disaster management cell, said.The fire erupted at the pharmaceutical...

Ballia (UP), March 16 A 22-year-old woman and her son died, while her husband sustained injuries after a fire broke out at a commercial establishment in a village in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday, a senior police official said.According to the police, the deceased were...