Video: Fire breaks out at apartment in Secunderabad

A massive fire broke out in an apartment located in Bolarum in Secunderabad. Following the incident, the DRF team of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) reached the spot and extinguished the flames.

Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.

A fire broke out on the top floor of VB city apartments at Bolarum in #Secunderabad, no injuries reported.

The DRF team of GHMC reached the spot and doused the #flames.#Hyderabad #FireAccident #fire #FireSafety pic.twitter.com/C5YX94pqjc

— Surya Reddy (@jsuryareddy) April 19, 2024

Thousands of fire accidents recorded in Hyderabad since 2019

Since 2019, thousands of fire accidents have been recorded in Hyderabad. From 2019 until October 31, 2023, over six thousand fire accidents took place, resulting in 46 fatalities.

According to an RTI reply to activist Kareem Ansari by the Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department, damages of over Rs 120 crore occurred due to these fire accidents in the city.

Fire Incidents Increasing in Telangana State last week I got RTI reply from Government of Telangana state Disaster and fire Service Department Hyderabad District stating that there is total 6525 Fire and rescue calls occurred from 2019 to till October 2023 in Only Hyderabad dist. pic.twitter.com/i1DejmibTL

— Kareem Ansari کریم انصاری (@activistkareem) November 13, 2023

Over 1000 fire accidents in 2022

In 2022, 1377 fire accidents were reported in the city, causing damages worth over Rs 50 crore and claiming 20 lives.

In 2023 until October 31, 1092 fire accidents were reported in the city, resulting in six lives lost.

Year	Number of fire accidents	Damages (in Rs)	Lives lost
2019	1431	163360650	8
2020	1238	121627027	3
2021	1387	183894500	9
2022	1377	504170479	20
2023 (Till October 31)	1092	235456844	6