Fire breaks out in Kirti Nagar furniture store, 17 fire tenders rushed

Delhi Fire Service officials said they received a call about the blaze in the furniture shop in Block-2 around 6.30 pm.

New Delhi: A fire broke out in a furniture showroom in west Delhi's Kirti Nagar on Wednesday evening, officials said. No causality has been reported so far. Delhi Fire Service officials said they received a call about the blaze in the furniture showroom in Block-2 around 6.30 pm.

"A total of 17 fire tenders were pressed into duty to douse the flames," an official said, adding no causality has been reported even though goods in the store were gutted in the fire. "We got information that a fire broke out at three showrooms near Kirti Nagar furniture showroom. First PCR call was received at Kirti Nagar police station at 6.32 pm.

A total of 13 PCR calls were received later. Fire tenders doused the flames completely and no casualty has been reported. We have started an assessment of damages and recording the statement of shop owners," a senior police official said. The showrooms of Me Casha, Godrej, and Durian caught fire, police said.
Earlier in the day, another fire broke out at a factory in Delhi's Bawana area, officials said. 26 fire tenders rushed to the scene after receiving the information. No casualties were reported in the fire incident, said officials.