Fire at four-storey building in south Delhi leaves four dead, one injured
New Delhi (PTI): Four people, including a brother-sister duo, died and a woman was injured after a massive fire broke out at a footwear shop in south Delhi's Tigri Extension on Saturday evening, police said.
A PCR call about the blaze at the shop on the ground floor of a four-storey building was received at 6.24 pm following which police rushed to the spot, they said.
Upon arrival, police found the entire building engulfed in flames, a senior police said.
It is suspected that the blaze started from the footwear shop on the ground floor before spreading upward, the officer said.
Three people were found dead at the spot, while two injured women were rescued from the building and shifted to a hospital, the officer said, adding that one of the injured later succumbed to injuries.
The deceased have been identified as Satender alias Jimmy (38), who is the owner of the building, and his sister Anita (40). The injured has been identified as Mamta (40) who has sustained 25 per cent burn injuries.
The rest are yet to be identified, the police said.
Crime and forensic teams have been called to inspect the site, and evidence is being collected to ascertain the cause of the fire, they said, adding that further probe is underway.
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SWR announces special trains for passengers stranded by large-scale IndiGo cancellations
Bengaluru (PTI): The South Western Railway on Saturday announced a series of special trains, in coordination with Central, South Eastern and Southern Railways, to clear stranded passengers following large-scale IndiGo flight cancellations across the country.
The special services will operate between December 6 and 10 on high-demand routes, including Bengaluru–Chennai, Bengaluru–Pune, Yesvantpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin, Shalimar–Yelahanka and Ernakulam–Yelahanka, officials said.
According to an official statement, SWR will run Train No. 06255/06256 between Chennai Egmore and KSR Bengaluru, 06257/06258 between Bengaluru and MGR Chennai Central, 06259/06260 between Yesvantpur and Hazrat Nizamuddin, and 06263/06264 between Bengaluru and Pune.
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Central Railway will operate Train No. 01413/01414 between Pune and Bengaluru, while South Eastern Railway will run Train No. 08073/08074 between Shalimar and Yelahanka. Southern Railway will operate Train No. 06147/06148 between Ernakulam and Yelahanka, the statement said.
Railways has advised passengers to check updated timings on its official channels and arrive early at stations.
For at least five days in a row, IndiGo flight operations have been significantly disrupted, with a large number of cancellations and delays causing hardships to thousands of passengers. In many cases, baggage has been misplaced.
