Fire
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Major fire breaks out at slums in Delhi’s Tughlakabad
New Delhi: A massive fire broke out in the slums of South-East Delhi’s Tughlakabad on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday. “We received information about a fire at around 1 am…
- India
Boy injured after man fires bullet during argument
Surat: A 16-year-old boy was injured after a bullet fired by a man during an argument with others hit the minor’s leg in Surat city of Gujarat, police said on Friday. The…
- Delhi
Fire breaks out in slum area in Delhi, over 200 shanties gutted
New Delhi: A fire broke out in a slum area in West Delhi’s Kirti Nagar and over 200 shanties were gutted in the blaze, officials said on Friday. A call about the…
- Crime
Three women killed as house catches fire
Banda: Three members of a family, all women, were killed after their house caught fire in Paras village under Baberu Kotwali police station area here, police said on Thursday. The incident took…
- Crime
MP: Seven killed in fire at shop-cum-residential complex
Gwalior: Seven people, including four children and three women, were killed after a fire broke out in a shop-cum-residential complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior city on Monday, police said. Four persons also…
- Hyderabad News
Hyderabad: Parked car catches fire at Akbar Bagh
Hyderabad: A parked car caught fire at Akbar Bagh, Malakpet in Hyderabad on Sunday evening creating panic among the residents of the area. According to sources an electric wire broke and fell…
- News
Major fire breaks out on University of Hyderabad campus
Hyderabad: A major fire that broke out on the University of Hyderabad campus Wednesday night led to the death of several wild animals, students and wildlife activists said. Students and the university…
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Fire sweeps through park without damaging trees and grass
CALAHORRA: Millions of viewers on social media are left baffled after a video of a fire in Spain sweeping through a park without burning a single tree has gone viral. As per…
- Crime and Accident
40 houses gutted in fire in UP’s Chitrakoot
Banda: At least 40 houses were gutted in a fire in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot district, police said on Monday. The fire broke out on Sunday evening in the district’s Surwal village, they…
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Scrap godown in Mallepally catches fire; no casualty reported
Hyderabad: Fire broke out in a plastic scrap godown near Nampally early on Sunday morning. The incident took place in scrap godown which is located a little away from Habeebnagar police station in…
- Delhi
Fire breaks out in cardboard factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana
New Delhi: A fire broke out in a cardboard factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana on Sunday morning, Delhi Fire Service officials said. However, no one is trapped or injured in the incident,…
- Crime
Delhi: Man suffers minor injuries while extinguishing fire
New Delhi: A man suffered minor burn injuries while he was extinguishing a fire that broke out from a small LPG cylinder in Okhla Phase-1 here on Thursday morning, Delhi Fire Services…
- News
Massive fire engulfs Sharjah’s residential tower
SHARJAH: A massive broke out at a residential tower in UAE’s Sharjah late on Tuesday. According to Gulf News reports, the fire was reported around 9 pm, at the 45 floors building…
- Crime
Man killed as fire breaks out in Shimla village
Shimla: A fire broke out in a village in Shimla district on Wednesday, leaving one person dead and two others injured, police said. A temple and six houses were also gutted in…
- Crime and Accident
200 shanties gutted in major fire in Nashik slum; no casualty
Nashik: Over 200 shanties were gutted in a major fire that broke out at a slum in Bhadrakali area of Nashik in Maharashtra on Saturday, police said. The fire erupted around 9.30…
- Crime and Accident
28 shops gutted in fire on IIT-Kharagpur campus, none injured
Kharagpur: At least 28 shops have been gutted in a blaze on IIT-Kharagpur campus in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, fire brigade officials said on Saturday. “The fire broke out at Tech…
- Crime and Accident
Two women charred to death in forest fire in U’khand
Pithoragarh: Two women were charred to death and another was injured in a forest fire at a village in Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar district, a forest officer said on Monday. Nanda Devi, Indira Devi…
- Crime and Accident
Grandmother, two girls die in Bihar fire
Patna: In two incidents of fire in Bihar, an old woman and her two granddaughters died while several houses burnt in Munger and East Champaran districts respectively. At least one of these…
- India
Spurt in forest fires in Manipur
Imphal: The Manipur government has expressed concern over the sudden spurt in forest fires in the state and said adequate measures were being taken to bring the situation under control. Over the…
- World
UN Security Council urges cease-fire in Afghanistan
United Nations: The UN Security Council urged Afghanistan’s warring parties on Tuesday to heed the UN secretary-general’s call for an immediate cease-fire to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure delivery of…
- Crime
Fire breaks out at high-rise in Kolkata
Kolkata: A major fire broke out at a residential building in Bhawanipore area of Kolkata on Monday morning, police said. The blaze erupted on the 15th floor of the building around 10…
- Delhi
Massive fire breaks out at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh
New Delhi: A fire broke out at a furniture shop in southeast Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area on Sunday night but no one was injured in the incident, an official said. Four fire…
- Crime and Accident
Cops open fire in air to quell unrest at Assam market
Guwahati: Police opened fire in the air in Assam’s Bongaigaon district on Saturday morning to disperse an unruly mob at a market that attacked the security personnel when asked to abide by…
- Crime
Maha: Six scrap godowns gutted in fire
Thane: A fire destroyed six scrap godowns at a village in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Monday night, a fire brigade official said. No casualty was reported in the mishap, he said. The…
- India
Train movement disrupted in Kolkata after fire in shanties
Kolkata: Suburban train services were disrupted over large parts of the Sealdah South section of Eastern Railway after several shanties adjacent to the railway tracks in south Kolkata’s Saleempur area were destroyed…
- Crime
Narrow escape for 26 passengers as bus catches fire in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: As many as 26 passengers along with the driver and the cleaner escaped unhurt by taking timely action when a bus they were traveling caught fire at the RC Puran area…
- Crime
Fire breaks out at club in Juhu
Mumbai: A fire broke out on the premises of Juhu Gymkhana, a club in suburban Juhu, on Saturday night, a civic official said. There were no reports of casualties, he said. The…
- Crime and Accident
Fire in Mumbai godown under control
Mumbai: Fire which had broken out in a godown in Mumbai’s Jogeshwari area is under control now. No injuries have been reported yet. At least seven fire tenders were present at the…
- Crime and Accident
Telangana: 17-year-old girl raped, set on fire
Hyderabad: A man allegedly raped and set a 17-year-old girl afire in Suryapet district of Telangana after being warned not to harass her with his proposal, police said on Saturday. Girl receives…
- Crime
Fire breaks out at terrace of under-construction building
Mumbai: A fire broke out at the terrace of an under-construction building in Thane’s Naupada area on Friday. Several fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames. More details…
