Diwali causes over 200 fire related incidents in Delhi

New Delhi, 28/10/2019): Massive fire at a shop in the Sadar Bazar area of central Delhi was amongst 200 fire-related incidents reported on Diwali on Sunday.

Almost 214 fire-related calls were received from Saturday midnight until 11 pm on Sunday.

“There has been no fall in the number of calls related to fire-incidents. We have been constantly attending to emergencies on call and rushing our team to the spot,” a fire official said.

However, no injury or casualty has been reported in any of the incident so far, officials said.

“The fire broke out in a shop that was housed on the fourth and fifth floors of the building and contained packaging materials and plastic toys, which were gutted in the blaze,” officials added.

A call about the blaze in the shop was received at 3 pm, after which 12 fire tenders were rushed and the blaze was brought under control by 4.25 pm.

A fire also broke out at a sanitary shop in northeast Delhi”s Jagatpuri area, the official said.