An elderly man died and seven people, including six children, were injured in the six incidents of fire reported from the various areas in the national Capital during the last 24 hours. In one of the incidents, four horses were charred to death as the poor creatures were tied to a pole and could not run to safety. Police said that the investigations have been launched to ascertain the reasons behind the incidents of fire while the injured have been admitted to the hospital.
In the first incident, a 62-year-old man died after his room located at the third floor of a three-storey building in North Delhi’s Civil lines area caught fire. The fire was spotted around 1.50 am and Delhi Fire Services (DFS) was informed. Four fire tenders were rushed to the spot, which took half-an-hour to battle the blaze.
The charred body of Narendra Singh Rawat was recovered. He lived alone and worked as a servant in the three-storey house of one Dev, who runs an exhibition centre in Delhi. Police suspect the blaze might have been triggered due to smoke as Rawat was a smoker.
In the second incident, four horses were killed after a fire in the JJ cluster of South-East Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar area on Wednesday late night. At least 17 fire tenders were rushed to tame the blaze. “The fire was controlled within three hours but 148 huts were gutted and four horses tethered were burnt to a crisp. Charred bones were recovered after the fire was brought under control,” said an officer of DFS.
In the third incident, a woman, her four daughters and two sons were injured as their house in Outer Delhi’s Narela caught fire. The fire was triggered after the woman lit a candle in the kitchen on Wednesday night. The neighbour who informed police and DFS helped in rescuing the people trapped in the house. The woman and her children were taken to a nearby hospital from where her 11-year-old son was referred to lNJP Hospital.
In the fourth incident, a cluster bus (route 990) caught fire while it was heading towards Shivaji Stadium in Central Delhi on Thursday afternoon. At least 15 people were in the bus when the driver noticed smoke from the engine. He parked the bus and asked the passengers to disembark. Two fire tenders took half-an-hour to douse the flames.
The fifth incident was reported from Delhi’s Tri Nagar area. A short circuit triggered a fire in a garment store. Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot. In the last incident, a minor fire caught was reported in the iron pipes stored near Akshardham temple on Thursday afternoon. Police said the fire was triggered by a combustible material near the pipes. No casualties were reported.