Fire breaks out at godown in Delhi’s Vikas Nagar, none hurt

A fire broke out at a warehouse storing items used for decorating wedding venues and colour spray cans in Vikas Nagar near Ranhola in outer Delhi on Monday afternoon, said officials of fire and police departments

A fire broke out at a warehouse storing items used for decorating wedding venues and colour spray cans in Vikas Nagar near Ranhola in outer Delhi on Monday afternoon, said officials of fire and police departments. The blaze gutted items worth lakhs of rupees but nobody was injured in the incident. A total of 12 fire tenders were used to douse the flames, they said.

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The fire is believed to have started from a short-circuit in an electric scooter charging point and the flames soon spread to engulf the whole godown, said deputy commissioner of police (outer) Sameer Sharma, quoting the statement given by godown owner Pratik Khurana.

Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief Atul Garg said the fire control room received the alert around 4pm.

“We immediately rushed 12 fire tenders to douse the flames and it took us about half an hour. The fire was in a tin sheet godown, spread in a 300 square yard area, storing decorative items and colour spray cans. The fire was controlled and the cooling operation continued till late evening,” said Garg.