September 29th 2023.
On Friday, a massive fire broke out in Azadpur Mandi, the largest vegetable market in Asia located in Delhi's North district. An official reported that at around 5.15 pm, a distress call was made and 11 fire tenders were immediately rushed to the scene. Fortunately, no casualties were reported in the incident.
The fire was quickly brought under control and the cooling process was underway at the time of filing this report. According to the officials, it is suspected that the fire originated from a garbage pile behind a tomato vendor's stall.
Meanwhile, a massive fire also broke out at a chemical warehouse in Ghaziabad's Kotwali Ghantaghar area earlier on Friday. Similarly, there were no reports of casualties in this incident.
In another related development, an FIR was registered against the owner of a girls' PG in Mukherjee Nagar district of Delhi after a fire broke out in the building. Five people were hospitalised, including a child, and the cause of the fire is yet to be determined.
The officials are investigating the cause of the fires in all these incidents. Further details are awaited.
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