Tag: Fire

Paradip: At least four persons were reportedly burnt alive and around 60 houses were gutted in major fire which broke out in a slum area at Atharbanki near here late Saturday night.

At least 20 shops were reduced to ashes in a major fire that broke out in the busy Unit-I market here on late Monday night.

Mumbai: At least four persons, including an elderly woman, were killed and 16 others injured on Wednesday when a massive fire ripped through a highrise building here, officials said. The fire broke out on the 12th floor of 17-storeyed Crystal Tower building located in Parel. The flames quickly spread to the 13th floor and adjacent […]

New Delhi: A nursing room at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here caught fire on Monday. There are no casualties, the fire office said. “At 12.20 p.m., we received a call reporting that there was fire on the second floor of the AIIMS building. Six fire tenders were rushed to the spot […]

Mumbai: A series of loud explosions followed by a massive fire were reported at a refinery of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) at Chembur in the eastern suburbs of Mumbai. At least a dozen fire tenders and five jumbo tankers were battling the blaze, which along with a thick black smoke cloud could be […]

Nairobi: At least 15 people were killed and 70 others injured on Thursday when a massive fire ripped through one of Kenya’s largest open-air markets. The St. John Ambulance service in Kenya said the fire broke out in the Gikomba market in central Nairobi at around 2.30 a.m., although the cause of the blaze was […]

Ranchi: Maoist guerrillas set on fire 13 vehicles involved in road construction works in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district on Saturday, police said. Maoists raided the camp office of a private road construction company in Parlipose village and fired in the air before setting ablaze the vehicles, said an officer, adding the reason behind the attack […]

Bhopal: At least two coaches of the A.P. Express caught fire near Birlanagar in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, officials said. No one was injured. According to a Railway Ministry official, the fire was detected in the B-6 coach around 11.50 a.m. The fire then spread to the B-7 coach, Ved Prakash, a Railway Ministry spokesperson, […]

New Delhi: Four persons, including two 17-year-olds, were killed when a fire engulfed a four-storey factory here early on Monday, police said. Mohammad Razi, 20, Mohammad Shamu, 17, Mehbooob Barish, 18, and Ayub, 17, all hailing from Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh, died of suffocation and burn injuries, the police said. The four were among the […]

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has teamed up with the Maharashtra Fire Services to create awareness of fire. Amitabh on Sunday shared a few photographs of himself prepping for the campaign. “Working for the awareness of fire for the Maharashtra Fire Services. So important to follow guide lines. Wait for the AV later,” Big B captioned […]

Lucknow: Five children were injured in Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday when decorative helium gas-filled balloons exploded and caught fire, police said. The children were part of an event in the village of Hisavada, where Bihar Governor Satyapal Malik arrived. Hisavada is Malik’s native village and to make the occasion special, the locals had […]

New Delhi: Around half-a-dozen temporary shops were gutted in a fire that broke out in a market of Delhi around midnight on Thursday, police and fire officials informed. The kiosks, comprising of pan shops and small eateries, were situated in the middle of Malviya Nagar market in south Delhi. There was, however, no casualty as most […]

Los Angeles: Parts of California’s wine region in the US are being ravaged by fast-spreading fire that has killed at least one person and seriously injured two others. Mass evacuations have been announced as several others are reportedly missing, BBC reported on Monday. About 20,000 people have fled from Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties after […]

Jammu: The Indian and Pakistan Army traded heavy fire on Wednesday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police sources said Pakistan Army used mortars, small weapons and automatics to target Indian positions in Shahpur and Balakote areas. “Indian troops are effectively and strongly retaliating. Till last reports came in […]

Kuala Lumpur: At least 25 persons, including students and teachers, were killed in a fire at a religious school in the Malaysian capital here on Thursday, officials said. The fire at the Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah broke out in the early hours, BBC reported. A victim list released by the authorities showed 22 of the deceased […]