More than 700 fire incidents reported in Delhi within two days

Amid the Diwali solemnisation successful the nationalist capital, Delhi occurrence services received a grounds 400 calls of occurrence incidents connected Friday, 80 much than the time before, making it the highest fig of calls received wrong 24 hours.

According to Delhi Fire Services, they received 320 calls connected October 31 and 400 calls connected November 1.

Speaking to ANI, Delhi Fire Services Director Atul Garg said, "Some radical celebrated Diwali yesterday arsenic well. The grounds has been breached connected some days. On 31st October, we received astir 320 occurrence calls, and connected 1st November, we received astir 400 calls. So this is simply a precise large number."

He further highlighted that the Delhi Fire Services person ne'er received truthful galore calls wrong 24 hours, noting that astir 100 calls of occurrence incidents were reported successful garbage areas.

"Delhi Fire Service has ne'er attended truthful galore calls wrong 24 hours... Around 100 calls of a occurrence successful the garbage were received... According to today's data, determination has been nary decease anywhere," the Delhi Fire Services Director added.

Earlier connected Friday, Garg said, "This clip the calls person been much arsenic compared to erstwhile years, but I would accidental that lone 1 telephone has been made owed to firecrackers; yesterday fires were caused owed to firecrackers but much were caused owed to different reasons similar candles, diyas, abbreviated circuit successful lighting, etc. Due to these much fires that were caused, successful erstwhile years astir 130 calls utilized to beryllium received owed to firecrackers, but this clip the calls person reduced owed to firecrackers. I privation to archer radical that they should recognize that they should not pain firecrackers arsenic it harms the situation and that harms america successful the future."

Apart from this, successful a abstracted incident, a occurrence broke retired successful a structure warehouse connected the ground, first, second, and 3rd floors (including each floors) successful the Mangolpuri country aboriginal this greeting successful an country of 75 quadrate yards. A pistillate and 2 children surviving connected the 2nd level got burned, and were taken to the hospital. Six occurrence engines extinguished the fire.

Another occurrence incidental was besides reported successful a cardboard mill successful the Rajdhani Park country adjacent Nangloi successful Delhi; a banquet hallway pandal caught occurrence successful Kanti Nagar adjacent Shahdara successful Delhi.

A occurrence broke retired connected a DTC autobus successful the Najafgarh country aft a rider was carrying potash, a cardinal constituent successful firecracker production, causing injuries to 2 people.