A 45-year-old man died while two others sustained critical injuries after a massive fire broke out in a three-storeyed nail polish factory in Outer Delhi's Mangolpuri area on Tuesday evening.
Atul Garg, Chief Fire Officer, Delhi Fire Service said, "A call was received at 4:15pm from the Mangolpuri Industrial area. Four fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The fire was doused by 5.30 pm. The second and the third floor of the factory were affected by the blaze. Three men were present on the second floor of the building and had inhaled copious amount of smoke”.
M N Tiwari, Additional Commissioner of Police (Outer) said, "We received a PCR call at around 4:22pm regarding fire in a factory in Phase 1 of Mangolpuri. One Rajesh Gulati (45) died. He and his father were co-owners of the factory "Shiva Cosmetics".
Two other persons have sustained burn injuries. Chandan (41) and lalit Kumar (40), both labourers have been admitted at the SGM hospital.
The Additional CP further said, "We have registered a case under Section 285, 337 and 304 A of the Indian Penal Code at the Mangolpuri police station.
last month, two labourers were charred to death after a fire broke out at a jeans manufacturing unit in Shahdara's Gandhi Nagar on April 22. According to police, the bodies of the victims, Faizan (22) and Sehmat (30), were recovered from the first floor of the three-storey building in Kailash Nagar. Police said the men were from UP's Shahjahanpur.
On April 8, four persons were killed when a massive fire broke out at a shoe manufacturing unit in Sultanpuri area.
The accident occurred at around 7 AM in the morning when the workers were sleeping in the shoe-manufacturing unit. 10 fire engines were rushed to the spot to douse the blaze.