Fire at shoe showroom in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, no casualty
New Delhi (PTI): A massive fire broke out in footwear showroom in southeast Delhi's Shaheen Bagh area on Saturday morning, leading to major traffic jams near the area, a Delhi Fire Services official said.
No casualty has been reported in the incident, the official said.
The call regarding the fire was received at 11.17 am on Saturday, he said, adding that six fire tenders were rushed to the spot when a black smoke was seen billowing out of the Bata shoe showroom.
The firefighting operations is still ongoing and the area has been cordoned off.
"We are just following protocol in case of the building collapses. We have cordoned off the area so that no one can be injured," the DFS official said, adding that firefighters are also making sure that the blaze doesn't spread to other buildings.
Further, commuters also experienced traffic snarls in the area due to the ongoing operations by the firefighters.
A long stretch of traffic jams for three kilometres was seen near the area, a commuter said.
A senior police officer said that as they got to know about the fire, teams from various police stations were rushed to the spot.
"Police teams are working with the firefighters. Our teams are trying to maintain law and order in the area. Traffic police have diverted the vehicles so that the fire engines can reach the spot," the police officer said.
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Trump’s fresh threat to bomb Iran amid reports of deal to end war
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Iran with more bombing if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz, amid a report that the warring sides were nearing an agreement to end the war.
US media outlet Axios reported, quoting US officials and two other sources, that the US and Iran were getting close to a one-page memorandum of understanding to end the war and set a framework for more detailed nuclear negotiations.
The US expects Iranian responses on several key points over the next 48 hours, Axios reported, adding that nothing has been agreed yet. This was the closest the parties had been to an agreement since the war began.
"Assuming Iran agrees to give what has been agreed to, which is, perhaps, a big assumption, the already legendary Epic Fury will be at an end, and the highly effective Blockade will allow the Hormuz Strait to be OPEN TO ALL, including Iran," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"If they don’t agree, the bombing starts, and it will be, sadly, at a much higher level and intensity than it was before," Trump said.
According to Axios, the deal would involve Iran committing to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment, the US agreeing to lift its sanctions and release billions in frozen Iranian funds, and both sides lifting restrictions around transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
It said many of the terms laid out in the memo would be contingent on a final agreement being reached, leaving the possibility of renewed war or an extended limbo in which the hot war has stopped, but nothing is truly resolved.
