A major fire broke out in the famous cloth market of Gandhi Nagar. According to fire officials, three persons suffered minor burn injuries while three shops were gutted. Valuables worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed.
“A call was received at 3:15 p.m. Around 30 fire tenders were pressed into service and it took four hours to douse the blaze,” said an official of the Delhi Fire Service .
According to the police, the fire started at a kerosene depot on the ground floor of a three-storey building located at Pratap Gali, which houses a garment warehouse on the first and second floor. “People present inside the building were evacuated,” the official added. The oil depot made it difficult for the fire officials to douse the blaze and garments lying on the first floor added to their woes.
The police have filed a case under relevant sections. The entire area was cordoned off as the fire spread and the exact cause of the fire is being investigated. The injured persons were admitted to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital. Their conditions were stated to be out of danger. Three shops located close to the building were also gutted.
