A chemical factory situated in Okhla Industrial area was gutted after it caught fire on Thursday morning. Delhi Fire Service deployed 27 fire tenders to douse the leaping flames. Two Police Control Room (PCR) vans, six patrolling bikes, traffic police staff along with Delhi police officials rushed to South East Delhi’s Okhla industrial area when a blast in chemical drum of Flock Fabric factory caused major fire in it on Thursday morning. However, no casualty was reported as those working inside the factory at that time exited safely.
The incident occurred around 9 am when a drum located inside the factory ‘Kabir Hosiery Work’ premise burst with a deafening noise. As factory had number of chemical drums stored in the premises the fire just spread within no time, said an official of the fire department.