Delhi Metro travellers faced a harrowing time Friday afternoon when a busy Metro station was shut down for about an hour after a fire broke out in a shop within the station premises due to short circuit. The busy Kashmere Gate Metro station was affected for about an hour minutes following the fire.
Two persons, identified as Anuj (23) and Kaptaan (33) received minor injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital, fire department official said. Delhi Metro officials said that as a precautionary measure, the station was closed from 1.40 pm to 2.29 pm after smoke filled the station’s underground platform area. No interchange facility was available at Kashmere Gate Metro station due to smoke caused by the fire which broke out in a shop at the concourse level of the underground section of the station.
Fire was controlled by the station staff and Delhi Fire Services personnel. According to Delhi fire service, officials got a call around 1.35 pm and six fire tenders were rushed to the spot. As a precautionary measure, no interchange facility was available for the public on the crowded Kashmere Gate Metro station between 2 pm and 2.29 pm due to the smoke caused by the fire which broke out in a shop at the concourse level of the underground section of the station.
“Trains were made to skip Kashmere Gate (elevated) station from 2.00 pm to 2.29 pm and Kashmere Gate (underground) station from 1.40 pm to 2.29 pm. The fire was extinguished at 2.10 pm with the assistance of Delhi Fire Services personnel following which services were restored after smoke extraction,” said a spokesperson with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). At around 1.33 pm, smoke was reported from a Bikano shop, on mezzanine floor at Kashmere Gate station on the Jahangirpuri to Huda City Centre line of DMRC. The incident has not caused any grievous injury or casualty.