A major fire broke out in four chemical factories in west Delhi’s Naraina Industrial area on Monday. Being a weekly off on Monday, the factories in the area were closed so no casualty was reported but two Delhi Fire Services official were injured after there was a blast in containers in which chemical is stored. According to a senior DFS official a call regarding the fire was received at 11:37 AM following which 35 fire tenders were rushed to the spot.

“The fire was major and fire department had to call more fire tenders on the spot. Four factories are affected by the fire and the fire was doused in the evening,” said the senior DFS official. 

“The chemical was adhesive in nature. It is suspected that it was spirit. The fire was brought under control at 2.10 pm. Just when it was thought that the fire had been doused, there was a blast in containers in which chemical was stored which led to injuries to fireman Naresh Kumar and special officer Aman,” said the senior DFS official.  “The impact of the blast was such that the duo slipped and sustained burn injuries. The fireman sustained burn injuries on the back and even when water was being poured to ease the pain, he was feeling a burning sensation and was crying constantly,” a witness said.

“The injured were rushed to BL Kapoor Super Specialty Hospital and are out of danger. It seems the factories did not have fire clearance but they are checking the facts. One of the three factories was completely gutted in the blaze, one was partially burnt and the third one was affected a little bit, a senior fire officer said, adding the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained,” said the senior DFS official.