fire investigation

Bhuj, March 12 – A fire broke out at a plastic scrap yard near the Chopadva village in the Bhachau taluka of Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday, triggering a large-scale firefighting operation and causing panic in the surrounding area, officials said.Thick plumes of smoke were seen rising...

New Delhi, March 12 – A massive fire broke out near the Matiala fish market in Delhi, engulfing hundreds of slums and causing panic among residents. The blaze destroyed nearly 300 to 400 slums, leaving several families homeless and prompting urgent calls for assistance from the government...

Noida, March 12 A fire broke out at an electric meter manufacturing factory in Sector 4 here on Thursday morning, leaving 26 people injured, police said.The injured were among nearly 240 workers who were trapped inside the factory, Capital Power System Limited, in the Phase 1 police station...

Jammu, March 11 A single-story municipal council office and two residential houses were completely destroyed in a fire in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.The fire broke out in the municipal council building in the densely populated town of Kishtwar around...

Kolkata, March 10 – A fire broke out in the Anandapur area, on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, according to police on Tuesday.This time, the fire occurred in the factory of a well-known cake manufacturing company. However, there have been no reports of any injuries. An investigation into...

Chandigarh, March 7 Four women workers were killed and at least 11 others were injured after a fire broke out at a 'gulal' (powdered colour) manufacturing unit in Jind district, Haryana, on Saturday, police said.The fire allegedly erupted at the entrance of the factory – located in a...

New Delhi, March 6 A fire broke out in a four-story building in Bhajanpura, a northeastern Delhi area, on Friday afternoon, prompting authorities to dispatch nine fire tenders, a Delhi Fire Services official said.A call regarding the fire in the building, which housed several restaurants, was...

New Delhi, March 5 A 17-year-old girl was killed and over 100 shanties were gutted after a major fire broke out in Delhi's Rithala area in the early hours of Thursday.The blaze left dozens of migrant families homeless as it swept through the densely packed settlement. The Delhi Fire Services...

New Delhi, March 5 A massive fire swept through a cluster of slums in Delhi's Rithala area early on Thursday, killing a 17-year-old girl and destroying more than 100 huts, leaving dozens of migrant families homeless.Firefighters recovered the charred body of the girl, who had initially been...

Indore, March 4 A fire broke out in dry grass in the non-operational area of Indore's Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport on Wednesday, though no one was injured and flight services also remained unaffected, a senior official said.Airport Director Sunil Maggirwar said the blaze was brought under...

Kolkata, March 4 – One person was killed and several others sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out in Madhyamgram in North 24 Parganas district on the day of Holi, police said on Wednesday.The identity of the deceased has not yet been established, police sources said, adding that...

Surat, March 4 Seven people, including a 95-year-old man and children, were rescued after a fire broke out in a bungalow in the Surat district of Gujarat in the early hours of Wednesday, fire brigade officials said.No injuries were reported.Seven people were safely evacuated after a fire...

Ghaziabad, March 4 – A massive fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday on the ground floor of a multi-story building in Khoda Colony, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, injuring several people and causing panic among residents.According to preliminary information, the fire started on the ground...

Bokaro, March 3 A fire broke out at a tent house in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand on Tuesday evening, which triggered an explosion of LPG cylinders kept inside it, police said.So far, no casualties have been reported from the incident, they said.The incident occurred near Siwandih More...

Bengaluru, March 3 A 55-year-old woman has died in a fire that broke out at her residence here, while three other family members managed to escape safely, police said on Tuesday.The deceased has been identified as Savitha. Her husband Ramesh Babu, a contractor, their son Vishruth, and Babu's...

Surat, February 28 A fire broke out at a textile market complex in Surat district, Gujarat, on Saturday, causing damage and destroying goods and materials in six shops on the premises, officials said.There were no casualties in the fire that erupted around 10 am at the Millennium-1 Textile...

Thane, February 28 A fire broke out at a dyeing unit in an industrial area in Thane district, Maharashtra, and there were no casualties in the incident, civic officials said on Saturday.The fire erupted after midnight on the premises in the Khoka compound near Kalyan Naka in Bhiwandi town...

Jaipur, February 27 – A major tragedy was narrowly averted in Jaipur on Friday after a bus belonging to the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) caught fire near the Mansarovar RICO intersection.Approximately 60 passengers on board were able to evacuate in time and escaped...

A fire broke out in the congested Bandipora market early Thursday, causing multiple shops to be gutted and prompting panic, significant losses, and renewed calls for fire safety measures and compensation for affected traders.February 26, Bandipora: At least 14 shops were completely destroyed...

New Delhi, February 26 A defect in the emergency light unit battery caused the fire in the seating-cum-luggage coach of the Delhi-Chennai Grand Trunk Express near Wardha in Maharashtra on February 17, according to an initial railway investigation report.The report held the Electric Train...