India, March 13 -- A major fire broke out in a cluster of jhuggis at Mansa Ram Park near the fish market in Matiala in southwest Delhi's Uttam Nagar late Wednesday night, gutting around 80 shanties and triggering a large-scale rescue operation. However, according to the police, no casualties were reported in the incident.

According to officials, the blaze erupted in the densely populated slum cluster and spread rapidly through the closely packed huts made of bamboo, plastic sheets, and tarpaulin. A PCR call reporting the fire was received at the Delhi Police station at Bindapur at around 11.57 pm on Wednesday. Immediately after receiving the alert, a police team rushed to the spot and began evacuating residents from the shanties to safer...