Nearly after 20 hours a massive fire that raged through the night at a warehouse in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar has been put off, but the cooling operations are on, fire officials. This morning, an Mi-17 helicopter of the Air Force made several sorties to pour water to contain what has been classified as the "highest category" blaze in the national capital in recent times.
The fire started around 5 pm on Tuesday in the warehouse at Khirki Extension, a crowded residential part of Malviya Nagar. As many as 80 fire engines were sent and firemen were at work all night to stop the blaze from spreading to neighbouring buildings, including a school. Thick black smoke rising from the fire was visible from much of south Delhi.
The fire in Delhi's Malviya Nagar has been classified as the "highest category" blaze in the national capital in recent times
No one else has been reported injured but hospitals are on alert.
AAP legislator Saurabh Bhardwaj alleged there were many illegal warehouses and factories operating in residential areas and if these were overlooked, many disasters are waiting to happen. He also said that the local AAP councillor had complained to south Delhi municipal officials, but no action was taken.
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