42 fires reported in Gurugram, one dead
Gurugram, Nov. 10 -- At least 42 fires were reported across Gurugram during Diwali celebrations on Sunday, leaving a 37-year-old truck driver dead, fire department officials said on Monday. Most incidents involved residential buildings and shops.
Officials said Sector 29 fire station received 15 calls, Bhim Nagar and Sector 37 received 10 each, Udyog Vihar four, Pataudi two and Sohna one.
The victim, Pawan Singh, a resident of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, died after a truck parked at a facility in Khentawas village, Farrukhnagar, caught fire on Sunday night. Police shifted his body to mortuary and launched a probe. The cause of the blaze has not been established.
A major fire broke out at a multi-storey hardware store on Khandsa Road around 2.50pm, gutting its first and second floors. At least 10 fire tenders were deployed, and the blaze was brought under control by 10pm. No casualties were reported.
At Ansal Esencia in Sector 67, a firecracker allegedly struck a protective net on a second-floor balcony around 10pm, triggering a blaze that spread to the third floor and damaged an adjoining balcony. Residents said four to five fire tenders responded. No injuries were reported.
Residents' welfare association president Jatin Rao said firefighters reached Ansal Esencia at 10.20pm. The homeowner was away when the fire began, and two floors were gutted, he said. Officials were yet to establish the causes of several fires.
At Orchid Crescent in DLF Phase 4, two fire tenders extinguished an electrical-panel fire within 10 minutes of arriving. Fires also damaged shops in Nai Basti, Rajiv Nagar and Arjun Nagar. Narendra Yadav, senior fire safety officer, Sector 29, said firecrackers were suspected in many incidents, while burning waste and scrap caused others....
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