fire incident

Idukki (Kerala), February 15 A car caught fire in Kuttikanam on Sunday, and five devotees of Ayyappa who were travelling in it escaped unharmed, officials said.The Peerumade fire station received a distress call around 4:30 pm, reporting a car on fire, officials said.Two fire trucks arrived...

Hamirpur (HP), February 15 A woman and her son suffered burn injuries when an LPG cylinder exploded at their home, police said on Sunday.According to police, the blast that took place in the Bassi area was so powerful that it blew out the kitchen doors and shattered the window panes.The...

Kolkata, February 15 A fire broke out in a multi-story building in the Haridevpur area of South Kolkata on Sunday, an official said.The fire, which started in the apartment complex at 10:40 am, was brought under control by five fire tenders by noon, he added, noting that there were no reports...

Kolkata, February 15 A coach of an empty passenger train caught fire at the Katwa railway station in the Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal early Sunday morning, an official of Eastern Railway said.There have been no reports of injuries.Fire officials said the fire was reported around...

Kolkata, February 15 A coach of an empty passenger train caught fire at the Katwa railway station in Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal early Sunday morning, an official of Eastern Railway said.No injuries have been reported in the incident.Fire officials said the fire was reported...

Chandigarh, February 14 Haryana Human Rights Commission member Deep Bhatia has summoned the officer in charge of the SIT investigating the death of a 25-year-old doctor, who was allegedly set on fire last year, a statement said on Saturday.The directive followed a complaint filed by Gayatri...

New Delhi, February 14 A fire broke out on the terrace of a banquet hall in west Delhi's Janakpuri on Saturday evening, according to a Delhi Fire Services officer.The banquet hall was located opposite a petrol pump in Janakpuri.Four fire tenders were rushed to the scene, and the blaze was...

New Delhi, February 14 A fire broke out at a helmet manufacturing unit in the Nilothi area of outer Delhi on Saturday afternoon, prompting authorities to dispatch 20 fire tenders to the scene, officials said.The department received a call about the fire at around 3:15 pm, with flames also...

Muzaffarnagar (UP), February 14 A fire broke out while destroying confiscated liquor, leaving four people injured, including two police officers and as many security personnel, in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, officials said.The incident occurred in Jhinjhana town when police...

Balasore (Odisha), February 14 Two truck drivers suffered severe burns after their vehicles caught fire following a collision on NH-60 in Odisha's Balasore district early on Saturday, police said.The accident occurred near Basta around 1 am, and both vehicles, one carrying coal and the other...

New Delhi, February 13 Police arrested two men on Friday for allegedly assaulting a 24-year-old woman in the Shahbad Dairy area of northwest Delhi, officials said, adding that there were no allegations of stalking or harassment.The case was registered after the victim gave her statement, and a...

Mumbai, February 13 A fire broke out inside a double-decker coach of a long-distance train at the Lower Parel workshop of Western Railway here on Friday morning, and was extinguished within half an hour, an official said.No one was injured in the incident.The fire started at 11:14 am and was...

Kolkata, February 13 A fire broke out at a restaurant in the IT hub of Salt Lake Sector 5 near Kolkata on Friday, officials said.Three fire tenders were deployed to extinguish the blaze, which erupted at the restaurant on the ground floor of the Globsyn Crystals building in EP Block around...

Kozhikode (Kerala), February 13 Police are searching for a young man who is alleged to have caused widespread damage by using a stolen pickup van to damage a car and later setting fire to an oil mill in Velimanna on Friday, officials said.The accused, Abdul Rasiq, has been missing since early...

Palghar, February 13 A fire broke out at a paint manufacturing unit in the Vasai East area of Maharashtra's Palghar district on Friday, officials said.No one was injured in the fire, which started around 10:30 am at the factory in Aisha Compound, which houses several industrial units. Thick...

Mumbai, February 12 A fire broke out in one of the waste storage areas at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on Thursday evening, although no casualties were reported, the Navy said.The Navy's fire tenders quickly brought the fire under control, according to a statement."No casualties have been...

Itanagar, February 12 An 80-year-old man died in a fire in a village in the Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, an official said.The incident occurred in a house in the Simong village in the morning.The deceased, Tabo Danggen, who owned the house that was destroyed in the...

Kanpur (UP), February 9 A newborn girl died after a fire allegedly broke out in a warmer machine inside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a private nursing home in Bithoor area here late on Sunday, triggering protests by family members and an investigation into alleged medical...

Imphal, February 9 Armed militants are alleged to have set fire to several houses in the Ukhrul district of Manipur, as tensions remained high in the area following an incident in which a member of the Tangkhul Naga community was allegedly "assaulted" by a group of people, officials said on...