fire safety

Pilibhit (UP), February 28 A man died after falling asleep inside a warehouse following a fire that broke out due to a short circuit in a village on Saturday, police said.It is suspected that the man died from suffocation as the warehouse in Kankor village was engulfed in flames and toxic...

Hyderabad, February 27 – Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, on Friday, directed officials to prepare a Core Urban Act for three corporations within the Outer Ring Road (ORR) limits to replace the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Act.He suggested that this new Act should...

Hyderabad, February 27 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday directed officials to focus on sanitation, mosquito control, and food safety in the Core Urban Region here.During a review meeting with officials on improving civic amenities in the Core Urban Region, mainly comprising...

New Delhi, February 27 Northern Railway has expedited the process of installing scanners at stations to screen parcels before loading them onto trains, following the recent fire incident in the parcel van of the New Delhi-Chennai Grand Trunk Express near Wardha in Maharashtra.The zone has...

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...

Jaipur, February 23 Over 200 tonnes of explosive material worth approximately Rs 40 crore were recovered from firework warehouses in Baran district of Rajasthan for violating several norms, including storage capacity, officials said on Monday.Superintendent of Police Abhishek Andasu said the...

Jaipur, February 21 A massive fire broke out at a scrap warehouse in the Khairthal district of Rajasthan on Saturday morning, causing panic among residents in the surrounding areas, officials said.The warehouse, located near Champion Chowk in the town of Bhiwadi, reportedly contained large...

Noida, February 18 A fire broke out in a three-story building in Sector 63 here on Wednesday afternoon. No casualties were reported in the incident, officials said.According to Chief Fire Officer Pradeep Kumar, the fire erupted around 2:15 pm in a ground-floor room of the building located near...

New Delhi, February 18 Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has ordered "major penalty" against a Delhi Fire Service (DFS) officer for submitting a "false" inspection report, also ordering a vigilance probe against a former director of the agency over alleged misconduct in this connection, officials...

Kozhikode, February 17 A major fire broke out on Tuesday at a textile showroom near the Kozhikode railway station, causing panic in the busy Palayam area and forcing authorities to shut down traffic on nearby roads.The fire started in the three-story textile showroom building and quickly...

Kolkata, February 15 – A fire broke out in a luxury residence in the Tollygunge area of South Kolkata on Sunday afternoon, causing several prominent figures from the West Bengal film industry, who resided there, to come out onto the street below.However, no injuries were reported in the...

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...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 14 The international airport here has enhanced its aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) capabilities with the addition of three state-of-the-art Panther crash fire tenders (CFTs), TIAL said on Saturday.The Thiruvananthapuram International Airport Ltd (TIAL)...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 13 Two vehicles caught fire in separate incidents in the districts of Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, officials of the Fire and Rescue Service said on Friday.According to officials, a car carrying a couple caught fire near Jagathy in Thiruvananthapuram around 11...

Mathura (UP), February 11 A fire broke out at a newly constructed hotel in Vrindavan on Wednesday, just a few hours after the building was inaugurated, officials said.Three people, including a woman and two children from the owner's family, sustained burn injuries in the incident.According...

Kanpur, February 10 Authorities have cancelled the registration of a nursing home here in Bithoor, where a newborn girl died after a fire allegedly broke out in a warmer machine inside its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), police said on Tuesday.A case of criminal negligence was filed...