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Hyderabad, April 11 Seventeen people were rescued after a minor fire broke out in a residential building here on Saturday, officials said.No casualties or injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred in the building consisting of G+3 (ground plus three) floors with a penthouse around...

Meerut (UP), April 3 A 40-year-old man died from suffocation after a fire broke out in a house here, apparently due to a gas cylinder leak, police said on Friday.The incident occurred in Lodhi Wali Gali late Thursday night, they said.Preliminary investigation suggests that there was a...

Shillong, April 2 A fire broke out at a popular eatery in Shillong's Motphran area on Thursday afternoon, but no one was injured in the incident, an official said.According to an eyewitness, the fire started from a stove where snacks were being prepared, and the diesel stored on the premises...

Surat, April 1 A massive fire completely destroyed a textile factory in Surat on Wednesday, with no casualties reported so far, officials said.The fire broke out around 10 am at the Gopi Knitting textile factory, part of Hojiwala Industries, in the Sachin industrial area, they said.According...

Surat, April 1 A major fire broke out at a textile factory in Surat on Wednesday, and efforts are underway to bring it under control, officials said.So far, there have been no reports of injuries in the fire that erupted at the Gopi Knitting textile factory, which is part of Hojiwala...

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...