<span style="color: #222222;">At least 43 people were killed after a massive&nbsp;fire&nbsp;broke out in a&nbsp;factory&nbsp;in&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;early this morning. Nearly 150&nbsp;fire&nbsp;personnel carried out the rescue operation and pulled out 67 people from the building. A&nbsp;Fire&nbsp;Service official said 34&nbsp;fire&nbsp;tenders were pressed&nbsp;into&nbsp;service. They said a call was received at 5.22 hours about the&nbsp;fire&nbsp;in Anaj Mandi on Rani Jhansi Road. The injured were admitted to LNJP, RML and Hindu Rao Hospitals in the national capital. Most of the rescued persons were affected by smoke.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Meanwhile,&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;Police has&nbsp;arrested&nbsp;the&nbsp;owner&nbsp;and the manager of the&nbsp;factory&nbsp;after filing FIR against them. Earlier, talking to reporters,&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;Police, PRO, M S Randhawa, said the case has been transferred to&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;Crime Branch. He said prima facie, it appears that the incident took place due to A short circuit and people died of suffocation. He said two persons each of the&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;Fire&nbsp;Service and&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;Police were injured in the incident.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;Government has&nbsp;ordered&nbsp;a&nbsp;magisterial&nbsp;probe&nbsp;into&nbsp;the blaze. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who visited the accident site-directed the District Magistrate of Central&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;to submit a report within a week. Mr Kejriwal announced a compensation of ten lakh rupees each to the families of the dead and one lakh rupees each to the injured and free treatment.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Senior BJP leader and Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the BJP will extend financial support of five lakh rupees each to the families of those who have lost their lives. According to&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;Fire&nbsp;Service Director, Atul Garg, the four-storey building in Anaj Mandi area of north&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;where the blaze broke out, did not have a&nbsp;fire&nbsp;clearance.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIRcorrespondent reports that this is the second massive&nbsp;fire&nbsp;incident in&nbsp;Delhi&nbsp;this year. Earlier in February, seventeen people were killed in a&nbsp;fire&nbsp;incident in Karol Bagh area. Today was a black Sunday not only for Delhites but also for the country. 43 innocent lives gone in minutes. Twenty-two years ago on Friday, June 13th, Uphaar Cinema, in Green Park area of&nbsp;Delhi, became the spot for the national capital's worst&nbsp;fire&nbsp;tragedy, killing 59 people.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Today, it was meant to a relaxed Sunday for the labourers at Anaj Mandi, who were there in the&nbsp;factory. But they couldn't see the daybreak. Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the site of the&nbsp;fire&nbsp;accident which was clogged with bystanders and politicians arriving in convoys. Firemen made their way through narrow lanes to rescue those trapped inside the blackened building and carried many unconscious labourers on their backs.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The NDRF says the building was filled with hazardous carbon monoxide and most workers died due to suffocation.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | December 9, 2019 8:55 AM
Magisterial probe ordered into fire tragedy in Delhi; owner of factory arrested