Delhi fire: Four dead, two injured in Mangolpuri shoe unit blaze

Four people died, and two were injured after a fire broke out at a shoe factory in northwest Delhi’s Mangolpuri Industrial Area Phase-I late on Friday (October 30). According to Delhi Police, after being informed about the incident, the Delhi Fire Services sent 20 fire tenders to the spot at 9.32 pm.

What police said

Elaborating further, police said that six persons were rescued unconscious from inside the factory and were rushed to the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where doctors declared four dead.

Police said that the remaining two are undergoing treatment, adding that firefighting and rescue operations were underway.

Fire contained in basement

According to an ANI report, Fire officer ADO Paras Kumar said that the blaze initially started in the basement of the building, adding that firefighters were able to contain the blaze within the basement and prevent it from spreading to other parts of the building.

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"The Fire Service received a call around 9:31–9:32 pm regarding a fire inside a factory in Mangolpuri...six individuals were rescued. All of them were transported to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital...it is a footwear manufacturing unit; shoes are produced and stored on the premises...the fire initially broke out in the basement. We managed to contain it within the basement, preventing it from spreading further,” said Kumar.

Due to the heavy smoke, we recovered one person from the third-floor staircase and rescued five others from the fourth floor. The fire has been completely extinguished, and the cooling-down process is currently underway," he added.

Factory owner summoned

According to DCP of Outer District Vikram Singh, police have summoned the factory owner regarding the incident, adding that he, the contractor and workers are being questioned to ascertain the number of workers present in the factory at the time of the incident.

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"The cause of the fire is being investigated. The blaze originated in the basement, after which the fire and smoke spread upwards—there was a significant amount of smoke. The factory owner has been summoned, and we are also questioning the contractor and workers to determine the total number of labourers present," said Singh.

(With agency inputs)