Displaying exemplary sense of duty, three Delhi Police personnel saved the life of a couple who were trapped in a building at Central Delhi's Paharganj area where a fire broke out on Wednesday morning. The local police received a call about the fire in a street of Chuna Mandi in Paharganj around 6 am, a senior police officer of east district said.
The couple identified as Ganga Devi and Vanraj Chowdhry were seen trapped on the second floor of the building and the woman was hanging from the grill of the balcony, police said.
The fire started at the first floor and trapped the people living on the floors above. The police team including Head Constable Manoj and Constables Sandeep and Amit were able to break the lock of an adjacent building and climbed on the third floor of the building which was on fire. They formed a human chain and were able to rescue the woman first and later her husband, a senior police official stated.
One man was able to jump down from the building before the police arrived and was injured in the act. He was taken to the hospital, police said.
In another case, the Air Conditioning plant of the Doordarshan Bhawan in Mandi House caught on fire. The call was received at 12.50 pm and eight fire tenders rushed to the spot. They were able to control the fire within 10 minutes.
Doordarshan's official twitter handle tweeted, "A fire broke out in the Cooling towers of AC plant at Doordarshan Bhawan at Mandi House which was controlled immediately. No injury top any person or damage to property/studios etc has happened."
Doordarshan's Director General Supriya Sahu also tweeted, "The fire which broke out in the AC plant at Tower C today was brought under control within 10 minutes by our vigilant officers with help from the fire service staff who rushed to douse the fire within minutes. No one was injured." She also added, "No damage to any person or studios/office at all."