A fire broke out at the house on the fourth floor of a building in Punjabi Basti area of north Delhi on Monday morning. Officials suspect short-circut as a reason behind the incident.
According to Atul Garg, the Director, Delhi Fire Service (DFS), the fire department said they received a call about the fire at 10.32 am after which three fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
"The fire was brought under control by 11.35 am. Fire was in domestic articles on fourth floor and rooftop of a house and also rooftop of adjacent house," said Garg.
"A PCR call at 10.36 was received at Subzi Mandi police station. Our staff reached at the spot where there was fire on fourth floor of the house near Mother Dairy, Punjabi
Basti.
The fire brigade also reached at the spot. Nobody was there on the fourth floor during the fire. The fire has been extinguished. No loss of life. Three fire brigades, electricity department, traffic police, ambulance reached the spot to control the fire. Further investigation is going on," said Sagar Singh Kalsi, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North district.
According to fire department, a fire had also broken out in the courtroom of additional sessions judge at the Karkardooma court here in the early hours of Sunday.
No one was injured in the fire. The firefighting system of the court was not working at the time of the incident and short-circut was suspected to be the reason.