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Police said a PCR call was received at 9.29 am. The basement, which earlier housed a café and is now used for storage, caught fire at 7.06 pm. No injuries were reported.
The first incident occurred in central Delhi’s Nabi Karim, where four people suffered injuries after a fire broke out while an LPG cylinder was being replaced at a tea stall operating from a small room. In another incident, a fire broke out in the locked basement of a building in Humayunpur village, near Safdarjung Enclave. Authorities suspect the fire was caused by a short circuit.
Police and local residents broke open the lock and helped douse the flames before the fire tenders arrived. NEW DELHI: Two separate fire-related incidents were reported in the city on Thursday, leaving four people injured in one of the cases.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Sarita , 35, who runs the tea stall, asked a man, Krishna , 37, to change the cylinder. a sudden fire erupted, injuring Sarita, Krishna, a customer, Ajay (19), and Zafir (35), a passer-by While the regulator was being opened. All were rushed to RML Hospital, where they are undergoing treatment.