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20 Nov

Houses gutted in fire after gas cylinders blast in West Bengal’s Siliguri

Business Correspondent0 CommentsWest Bengalfire, SILIGURI

A huge fire broke out in West Bengal's Siliguri, affecting several houses in the congested area. The blaze turned into danger in ward number 18 under the city's Municipal Corporation. According to sources, the fire affected adjacent residences after gas cylinders burst. 6 fire tenders have arrived at the spot and attempts to control the fire are in process. The sources said, "The area is crowded and the fire officials are facing problems to extinguish the fire."

23 Mar

Telangana: 11 people Dead In Massive Fire In Timber Godown In Secunderabad

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A huge furnace incident used to be reported at a trees godown in Telangana's Secundrabad in the early hours of Wednesday. At least eleven people have been charred to death in the main furnace accident. The exact cause for the blaze is but to be ascertained. Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services dispatched numerous personnel and its motors to douse the hearth at the timber godown in Secunderabad area. Mohan Rao, Gandhi Nagar SHO, informed that of the complete 12 humans who had been inside the godown when the fire broke out, solely one character survived.The deceased had been…

05 Mar

UP: Passengers Push Train Away From Burning Coaches, No Casualties In Fire Incident

editor0 CommentsIndiafire, Uttar Pradesh

A fireplace broke out in the engine and two coaches of the Saharanpur-Delhi passenger teach these days for the duration of its halt at the Daurala station in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. In a video shared by way of news enterprise ANI on Twitter, passengers were viewed pushing the train in a bid to separate the relaxation of the cubicles from the engine and two cubicles on which the fire broke out. The video shows countless passengers, alongside with the railway station staff, pushing the train away from the blazing coaches and the engine in order to prevent the…

11 Jan

New York’s Deadliest Apartment Fire in Decades

editor0 CommentsInternational, Lifestyle, worldapartment fire, fire, killed, new york city

In New York City, on Sunday 9 children among 19 people were killed when an apartment fire started by a malfunctioning space heater sent smoke billowing through a Bronx high-rise. It is in the deadliest fire New York City had seen in more than three decades. The smoke from the fire spread to the top of the 19-storey building, darkening hallways and stairwells and shocking residents who had heard the fire alarms but did not immediately react because they had grown accustomed to frequent alarms in the building. The fire commissioner Daniel A. Nigro said at a news conference at…

22 Oct

Mumbai: Massive fire at 60-storey Avighna Park residential building in Parel, 1 dead

editor0 CommentsIndiafire, mumbai

Level-4 fire broke out at a multi-story residential building near the Lalbaug area in South Mumbai's Parel on Friday afternoon. As many as 12 firefighting teams are at the spot trying to douse the blaze. The fire has broken out on the 19th-floor Avighna park towers building. At least one person has been reported dead in the incident. "Level 4 fire broke out at Avighna park apartment, Curry Road around 12 noon today," said Mumbai Fire Brigade. The deceased identified as Arun Tiwari (30) injured in the high-rise building fire was taken to the KEM hospital, where he was declared…

08 Jun

18 Employees killed in Pune chemical factory Fire

editor0 CommentsHealthaccident, chemical factory, fire, INDIA, pune

At least eighteen employees of a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Pune have died and several are missing as a massive fire broke out in the sanitiser-manufacturing unit of the firm on Monday. Some 37 workers were trapped inside the building when the blaze started around 15:45 on Monday. Fire engines rushed to the spot as smoke billowed from the compound - firemen had to break walls on either side to rescue people. The factory belonged to SV Aqua Technologies, a company that makes chlorine dioxide products, which is typically used in water treatment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences…