New Delhi: Delhi Fire Service (DFS) got 257 emergency calls on Diwali this year, including 214 fire-related calls and 24 incidents involving cracker fires.
a godown, a banquet hall and on residential premises, the overall number of emergency calls was lower than last year when the department got 269 calls While the city saw several major blazes in factories. Abhilash Kumar Malik, chief fire officer of DFS, said the highest number of calls came between 8pm and 10pm on Nov 8. The fire department got 85 calls in these two hours. Between 10pm and midnight, another 61 calls went to the firefighters. Among the major incidents, a medium-level fire broke out at two adjacent factories in Nangli Sakrawati around 5.25pm on Nov 8.
Later, in the evening, a major fire was reported in a factory in Narela industrial area.
“We also found a decomposed body in a house in Haiderpur Plant area,” a fire official said. One fatal incident was recorded during the period. Six people were injured and five Delhi Fire Service personnel also suffered injuries while responding to emergencies. A station officer from Paschim Vihar suffered burns in his right hand while working at Nangli Sakrawati, while another officer fractured his hand during a fire in a godown in Libaspur. Other personnel suffered injuries during operations in different parts of the city. Another fire broke out in an NDMC godown beneath the Safdarjung flyover near Safdarjung airport.