Police received a call about a fire breaking out in the Tikri scrap market around 12.55 am today
A massive fire broke out in a plastic scrap market in west Delhi's Mundka area in the early hours today which damaged scrap worth lakhs of rupees but there was no report of any casualty.
"We received a call about a fire breaking out in the Tikri scrap market that houses PVC scrap around 12.55 am today. Thirty fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire that spread through the three acre area. The fire was doused by 7.40 am," said a senior official from Delhi Fire Services, adding that the cooling operations ended around 5pm. Police said that they are currently investigating the cause of the fire.
"It is suspected that the fire could have been triggered off by sparking but we are investigating as to what could have triggered the fire. It's an open area and the fire spread within minutes and ravaged scrap worth lakhs of rupees," said a senior police officer, adding that no casualties or injuries were reported due to the fire incident.
A case against unknown persons has been registered under the relevant sections of law at the Mundka police station.