New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): A fire broke out in the kitchen of a restaurant in Delhi's Panchsheel Vihar on Sunday.

New Delhi Apr 25 PTI A fire broke out in the Transport Bhawan on Parliament Street here on Tuesday Delhi Fire Services officials saidNo injuries have been reported they saidAccording to the fire department a call was received at 410 pm and four fire tenders were rushed to the spotThe fire started from an air-conditioner in one of the rooms of the Transport Bhawan a senior official said adding that the fire has been extinguished PTI AMP AMP ANB ANB

New Delhi Apr 25 PTI Azad rushed to Satya Niketan in south Delhi after his brother Naseem trapped under the debris of a three-storey building made a desperate call to him seeking helpAlthough Naseem was rescued after a three-hour-long operation he could could not be saved He was one of the two labourers who died when a three storey building crashed in Satya NiketanAzad said his brother had called him and informed him about the building collapseNaseem called me and informed that he was trapped inside I was in Uttar Pradeshs Ghaziabad and rushed to the spotWhen I reached here I saw that the roof of the building had collapsed The authorities said rescue operation was going We got to know that others including Bilal Ashraf Arman Naseem Firdaus and Gulfaraz were also trapped inside Azad saidThe labourers were working here from past two monthsNaseem has a wife three daughters and a son Azad saidTabarq said Naseem was his brother-in-law and he too rushed to the spot after receiving information about the incident from his relatives in BiharMy brother-in-law was trapped inside I received a call from my village in Bihar My relatives informed me about the incident I reached here and saw that the rescue operation was going on Some of the persons were rescued and the authorities were doing their work I also work in the area near Satya Niketan Tabarq saidDirector of Delhi Fire Services Atul Garg said five labourers who were trapped under the debris have been rescued and rushed to a hospital for treatment Two of them died laterThe National Disaster Response Force NDRF pressed its sniffer dogs into service to search for survivorsDelhi University student Yash Aggarwal who lives in a PG opposite the building which collapsed said When I heard a loud noise I came out A person was sitting on his scooty and when the building collapsed his vehicle got damaged Another person who was bleeding came from the building saying some other people were trapped inside following which the police were informed Aggarwal saidAnother DU student Akash Shekhar Verma who also lives in the same PG said We heard a loud noise several times came outside and saw the building got collapsed I came here on February 25 and since then the work was going on PTI NIT AMP TDS TDS

New Delhi Apr 25 PTI Two labourers died and three others were rescued after a three-storey house that was undergoing renovation collapsed in south Delhis Satya Niketan area on Monday police saidAnother labourer who was outside the dilapidated building at the time of the incident had a narrow escape they said adding that an FIR has been registered in the matterThe South Delhi Municipal Corporation SDMC also announced a probe into the incidentAround 125 pm a PCR call was received at South Campus police station about the building collapse in Satya Niketan the police saidDeputy Commissioner of Police Southwest Manoj C said One labourer who was outside the building had a narrow escape He sustained injuries and was admitted to a hospital for treatment Southwest district police with assistance from Delhi Fire Services and NDRF began the rescue operation at the spot and rescued all the five trapped labourers he saidTwo labourers died later and the remaining four are undergoing treatment he saidAn FIR has been registered in the matter the DCP saidThe deceased have been identified as Bilal and Naseem and the injured as Md Firdaus Aslam Sarfaraz and Musahid the police saidThe rescue operation lasted for over three hoursEarlier Director of Delhi Fire Services Atul Garg said We received a call around 124 pm about a house collapse in Satya Niketan building number 173 here Six fire tenders have been rushed to the spot Since this building was in a congested area the main challenge was to take the rescue vehicles inside It was a difficult task he saidAll the five labourers who were trapped under the debris have been rescued and rushed to a hospital for treatment The rescue operation has ended Garg saidThe National Disaster Response Force NDRF pressed its sniffer dogs into service to search for survivors and used drilling equipment and cuttersAn NDRF personnel said the labourers got trapped in the kitchen area of the houseA senior fire official said according to preliminary inquiry it seems that the building was not in a good condition to undergo renovationThis was an old building and it was not in a good condition to undergo renovation We found out through local inquiry that the said building was being renovated to convert it into a PG accommodation So they must have broken some structure for this purpose which led to the collapse he saidSince renovation was underway no one was living in the building It has also been found that there was no proper building plan It was not a planned construction and was also not approved by the concerned authorities he saidSDMC Mayor Mukesh Suryan said the civic body will launch a probe into the building collapseA notice was served last month to the building owner for carrying out renovation work in the building On April 11 the Delhi Police was requested to stop the renovation he saidChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal termed the incident very sadThis accident building collapse is very sad The district administration is engaged in relief and rescue work I myself am taking every information related to the incident he tweeted in Hindi PTI AMPNIT AKM AMP DIV DIV

New Delhi Apr 25 PTI Five labourers are feared trapped under the rubble of a three-storey building that collapsed in Delhis Satya Niketan area on Monday fire officials saidThe building was undergoing renovation when it collapsed they saidDirector of Delhi Fire Services Atul Garg said We received a call around 124 pm about a house collapse in Satya Niketan building number 173 here Six fire tenders have been rushed to the spot Five labourers are trapped under the debris and efforts are being made to rescue them he saidOur priority is to rescue the trapped labourers who were working inside the building which was under renovation Since this building is in a congested area the main challenge was to take the rescue vehicles inside the area It was a difficult task However our vehicles have reached the spot and our men are already at work Garg saidA senior fire official said according to preliminary inquiry it seems that the building was not in a good condition to undergo renovationThis was an old building and it was not in a good condition to go ahead with the renovation plans We have got to know through local inquiry that the said building was being renovated to convert it into a PG accommodation So they must have broken some structure for this purpose which led to the collapse he saidSince renovation was underway no one was living in the building It has also been found that there was no proper building plan It was not a planned construction and was also not approved by the concerned authorities he saidDeputy Commissioner of Police Southwest Manoj C said police are also helping with the rescue operationOur priority is to rescue the trapped men My team and I are at the spot and helping the other agencies with the rescue operation he said PTI AMP AMP DIV DIV

New Delhi Apr 20 PTI Chief Justice of India CJI N V Ramana Wednesday hailed the gallant services of the personnel of Delhi Fire Services DFS hereA team of DFS officers led by its Director Atul Garg called on the CJI on Wednesday morning as part of the ongoing Fire Service Weekan apex court official saidOn this occasion the CJI appreciated the gallant services being rendered by personnel of Delhi Fire Service and wished them the best he saidJustice Ramana as a token of appreciation made a small contribution to the DFS Benevolent Fund PTI SJK RKS RKS

New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has called for a meeting between the Administrator, and the baridaars in respect of the development and creation of temporary structures for shops and kiosks among other interim measures for the purpose of Kalkaji Temple premises.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 5 (ANI): Mumbai's Fire Service Department has received a total of 103 distress calls in the last 4 days, said Mumbai Fire Brigade on Friday, adding that only 33 calls were received on the night of Diwali.

New Delhi [India], November 5 (ANI): A total 152 calls for reporting fire were received by Fire Service Department in the national capital on the occasion of Diwali, yesterday, which is 25 per cent less compared to last year, said Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Fire Services on Friday.

New Delhi Oct 31 PTI Two men were injured after several shanties at an under-construction shopping mall near the Kotwali area here collapsed on Sunday morning Delhi Fire Services officials saidA construction worker is feared trapped under the debris they addedFour teams of the Delhi Fire Services along with police conducted the search-and-rescue operations till late in the evening to trace those suspected to be trapped under the debris the officials saidA call about a house collapse was received at around 1055 am and four fire tenders were rushed to a shopping mall near Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib Delhi Fire Services Director Atul Garg saidOn reaching the spot the teams found out that construction work was going on at the mall and eyewitnesses informed them that a worker was trapped under the debris he addedAccording to the police the shanties erected close to the site for the construction workers collapsed allegedly after a cave-in during the ongoing workTwo men were pulled out from under the debris They had sustained minor injuries and were sent to a nearby hospital They were discharged from the hospital subsequently the officials saidPolice said a probe has been launched to ascertain the exact cause of the incident PTI AMP RC