Delhi: Fire Fighting Continues Several Hours After Blaze Reported At Narela Factory, No Casualties

Delhi Police informed that the fire is now under control in the factory that used to manufacture tarpaulin.

Firefighters try to douse a fire that broke at a plastic granulation factory at Narela, in New Delhi, Saturday. ( Image Source :PTI )

New Delhi: Fire fighting operation continued till early morning on Sunday at a plastic granulation factory in Narela Industrial area. The fire broke out on Saturday night as was reported to be in the “medium category”, and no casualty has been reported so far. After getting the information, a total of 25 fire tenders reached the spot including one Sky Lift firefighter to douse the blaze. The operations still continue from the outside on Sunday morning as the fire department is unable to get inside the factory. 

"We received a call about a fire in the Narela Industrial area at around 9:10 pm. Fire officials reached the spot and declared it a medium-category fire. No casualty has been reported," SK Dua, Fire Department told ANI.

Delhi Police informed that the fire is now under control in the factory that used to manufacture tarpaulin.

Delhi | Fire fighting operation continues after a fire broke out at a plastic granulation factory in Narela Industrial area last night

We're unable to enter inside. We're dousing the fire from outside. It is expected to be controlled in next 2-3 hours: ADO AK Sharma, Fire Dept pic.twitter.com/HHaE0BW5nV

— ANI (@ANI) May 15, 2022

This is the second fire that broke out in a factory within 2 days in Delhi. 

About 27 people were reported to have been killed in a four-storey building in Mundka that caught on fire on Friday evening. As per the reports, the fire broke out on the first floor of the building near Mundka metro station which is the office of a CCTV and router manufacturing company. 

The Mundka building which didn’t have NOC from the Fire Department had a single entry and exit point, which could explain the reason for the high number of casualties, a senior fire department official said on Saturday.