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Delhi: Fire Breaks Out At Girls’ Hostel In Mukherjee Nagar, 5 Rescued

Late on Wednesday evening, a significant fire incident unfolded at a hostel in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area, prompting a swift response from officials who successfully evacuated nearly half a dozen girls from the premises. According to authorities, the Delhi Fire Service received an urgent distress call concerning a fire outbreak...

Madhya Pradesh: Fire breaks out at plastic factory near Sanwer village

On Wednesday, a fire broke out in a plastic scrap factory near Sanwer village on the Indore-Ujjain road. People tried to extinguish the fire at their own level until the fire department arrived. Ten fire fighters rushed to the scene. More information is awaited. An official said that a massive...

Another fire breaks out at Kochi waste plant, rescue operation underway

Weeks after the devastating fire at the Brahmapuram waste dumping yard, another fire broke out in Sector 1 of Brahmapuram on Sunday. Two fire and rescue units are at the spot to douse the fire. Further details are awaited.Earlier on March 2, garbage mounds in the Brahmapuram plant caught fire.Following...

Mumbai: 10 hospitalised, 80 rescued in Mulund building fire

An official said that 80 people were rescued and ten were hospitalised after a fire broke out at a seven-story residential building in Mumbai's Mulund on Wednesday. On March 15, around 2:55 p.m., the incident occurred at Jagruti society in Mulund West. "Total of 80 persons were rescued by BMC's...

Massive fire engulfs Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Cox Bazar, southern Bangladesh were left homeless after the camp fire. At least 2000 makeshift dwellings were gutted in fire at the refugees’ camp in Cox Bazar & 12,000 refugees were left homeless & forcibly displaced. 'It is likely that this fire was incidental, as...

At least 23 people have died as result of wildfires in Chile

A blistering summer heat wave hinders efforts to contain flames that have claimed at least 23 lives in Chile, prompting the government to extend an emergency decree to another region on Saturday. According to an official briefing later Saturday, more than 1,100 people have sought refuge in shelters, and at...