fire safety

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 Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood has ordered a third-party mapping and fire safety audit of all establishments across the capital, including those operating in residential areas, to expedite safety checks following the fire at a building in Palam on Wednesday, which claimed...

New Delhi, March 19 The Delhi government will take strict action against those found responsible for alleged lapses in firefighting operations in southwest Delhi's Palam, where a devastating fire claimed nine lives, official sources said on Thursday.An inquiry has been ordered to identify any...

New Delhi, March 19 While fire-related calls declined by 19% in the first two and a half months of 2026, data from the previous year and recent incidents in Palam highlight the persistent safety gaps.According to data from the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), 2,716 fire calls were received between...

Bhopal, March 18 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Wednesday that, given the seriousness of the incident, officials have been instructed to conduct a thorough investigation into the fire at a building in Indore that claimed eight lives.Officials and experts from Bhopal have...

New Delhi, March 18 Delhi Lt Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who chaired his first Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting on Wednesday, directed a comprehensive fire audit across the city.This directive came in the wake of a fire in a multi-story building in southwest Delhi's Palam...

New Delhi, March 18 The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) strongly criticized the BJP-led Delhi government over the Wednesday fire in Palam that killed nine people, with former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal expressing his concern at the "increasing number" of such incidents.Kejriwal described the...

New Delhi, March 18 Delhi Lt Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who chaired his first Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting on Wednesday, directed a comprehensive fire audit across the city.The directive came in the wake of a fire in a multi-story building in southwest Delhi's Palam...

Hardoi (UP), March 17 Panic spread through parts of the Hardoi city on Tuesday after a sudden leak in an underground PNG gas pipeline triggered a loud noise, causing residents to rush out of their homes and shops, officials said.The incident occurred near a water tank on Bawan Road in the city...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked Odisha Chief Secretary Anu Garg to submit a report on the devastating fire at the government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, which has claimed 12 lives.While hearing a complaint lodged by Manoj Jena...

Bhubaneswar, March 17 Odisha's Leader of the Opposition, Naveen Patnaik, demanded the resignation of Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling on Tuesday over the deaths of 12 people in a fire at the state-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.Patnaik, who visited the hospital following the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 A fire broke out in a section of the multi-specialty block of the government medical college here on Tuesday, but no one was injured in the incident, hospital authorities said.The fire was caused by a short circuit in a ventilator in the surgical ICU, they added...

Jammu, March 16 The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board on Monday reviewed arrangements for the smooth conduct of pilgrimage to the cave shrine during the upcoming Chaitra Navratri, which begins on March 19, and said that additional security personnel would be deployed during the period to...

March 16, New Delhi — At least ten patients were killed after a major fire broke out in the ICU of SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack early Monday morning.Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi rushed to the hospital and expressed deep grief over the loss of lives. He has ordered a...

New Delhi, March 16 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his distress over the loss of lives in the tragic hospital fire in Cuttack, Odisha, on Monday, and announced an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the families of the deceased.The incident...

New Delhi, March 16. President of India, Droupadi Murmu, on Monday expressed deep distress over the loss of lives in a tragic fire incident at a hospital in Cuttack, Odisha, and extended her heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday when...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 – In a tragic incident, at least 10 patients died and several others sustained serious burn injuries after a major fire broke out in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the trauma care center at SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack, Odisha, in the early hours of Monday...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 At least ten patients died after a major fire erupted in an ICU at the Odisha government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital here early Monday morning, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said.The chief minister, who rushed to the hospital, said that around 11 hospital...

Ahmedabad, March 15 – A small fire broke out in a temporary structure near the non-operational area opposite Terminal 1 of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) in Ahmedabad on Sunday, officials said.Officials added that the fire was quickly brought under control and airport...

Karachi, March 14 The mall association official alleged on Saturday that inadequate equipment and a delayed response from the fire department led to over 70 deaths and injuries in the January fire at a shopping complex in Karachi, Pakistan.At least 73 people were killed in the massive fire...