Three incidents of minor fire were reported in different parts of the Capital on Friday but no one was injured, Delhi Fire Service officials claimed.
In the first incident, a fire was reported from the terrace of a restaurant in South Delhi’s Hauz Khas area. The Fire Department got a call at 2.17 pm following which two fire tenders were sent. “Some chairs and other paraphernalia on the terrace of the restaurant had caught fire, which was doused within minutes,” an official said.
The second blaze was reported from NCERT building at Aurobindo Marg in Central Delhi at 4.57 pm. “The electrical panel at the ground floor of the building had caught fire, which was readily tamed. We had sent eight fire tenders to the spot,” the official added.
In another case, a chemical drum kept in a tempo had caught fire near Gurudwara Motibagh Sahib at 2.30 pm after which two fire tenders were pressed into service.