40 shanties gutted in fire at Okhla Ph-2
Forty shanties were gutted and six animals died after a fire broke out near the Harikesh Nagar Metro Station in southeast Delhi’s Okhla Phase II in the early hours of Sunday, fire service officials said. Delhi Fire Service (DFS) director Atul Garg said it was medium category fire and information about it was received around 2.23am. Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter to express his concerns and assured all possible help to those affected. “Concerned about the news of fire incident at Okhla. I am constantly in touch with the fire department and the district administration, people are being provided with all possible help,” he said. A senior police officer said the fire broke out at a katran (waste cloth cutting godown) and later spread to the shanties. A truck present at the spot was also gutted.
NEW DELHI: At least 40 slum clusters were gutted after a fire broke out in Sanjay Colony, behind Harkesh Nagar Metro station in the early hours of Sunday.
While no one was injured, firefighters said at least six animals were killed in the fire. A truck parked nearby was also gutted in the blaze. The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said the cause of the blaze is yet to be established.
The fire broke out around 2.30am, when the DFS received a distress call reporting the incident. Senior officials said seven fire tenders were initially rushed to the spot to contain the fire, but as the blaze was in a cluster, 19 more were used to prevent it from spreading and to douse it.
DFS director Atul Garg said firefighters who reached the spot found that a truck parked nearby
WHILE NO ONE
WAS INJURED, FIREFIGHTERS SAID SIX ANIMALS WERE KILLED IN THE FIRE. A TRUCK PARKED NEARBY WAS
ALSO GUTTED
had been burnt. “The blaze was controlled after two hours, but the cooling operation continued till morning. While no one was injured, six animals were found dead in the fire,” Garg said.
He said the cause of fire is not yet established, but is believed to have sparked from a stove or a brazier lit inside one of the slum clusters.