20221229 Fire breaks out at three-storey building in Delhi’s Sangam Vihar, 14 rescued
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Fire breaks out at three-storey building in Delhi’s Sangam Vihar, 14 rescued
Updated: 2022-12-29
NEW DELHI: Fourteen people were rescued on Thursday after a fire broke out at a shop inside a three-story structure in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar neighbourhood.
The fire was put out by 2am, according to the fire department, after three fire tenders raced to the scene after receiving a call about the fire at around 12:50am.
Police said the building was engulfed in smoke and families residing on the first and second floor got trapped inside.
No casualty was reported, they said.
The fire had spread on the entire ground floor in the three shops of the building and due to this, the way to the first floor got blocked, said Chandan Chowdhary, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South).
“Seeing the gravity of the incident, all the residents of nearby flats were evacuated and with the help of a ladder, police managed to safely rescue 14 people including four women, five men and five children,” she added.
Web Source: The Times of India