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  Fire at Thane residential building, 28 power meters gutted

  India | March 14, 2021 10:28 IST

  A fire broke out in an electricity meter box room of a residential building here in Maharashtra, destroying 28 power meters, a civic official said on Sunday.

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  Maharashtra: Fire breaks out in biscuit factory in Thane

  India | March 11, 2021 12:46 IST

  A major fire broke out in a biscuit manufacturing factory at Ambernath in Maharashtra's Thane district on Thursday morning.

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  Fire guts 6 houses in Srinagar's Nawabazar

  India | March 11, 2021 11:38 IST

  Six residential houses were gutted overnight in a fire incident in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district.

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  Goyal orders probe into Eastern Railway office building fire in Kolkata

  India | March 09, 2021 9:31 IST

  Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has set up a high-level committee to ascertain the cause of the fire at an Eastern Railway office building in Kolkata in which nine people were killed on Monday.

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  Tamil Nadu factory fire: Death toll mounts to 21 in Virudhunagar

  India | March 09, 2021 7:40 IST

  The death toll in the February 12 blaze that broke out in a fireworks manufacturing factory in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district has gone up to 25, the district collector said.

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  ATM gutted in fire as miscreant tries to open it with gas cutter

  India | February 19, 2021 14:57 IST

  An automated teller machine near Pollachi, 60 km from here, was gutted in a fire that broke out while a miscreant was trying to open it with a gas cutter early Friday, police said.

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  Fire breaks out at building in Delhi's ITO area

  India | January 22, 2021 12:42 IST

  A massive fire broke out in a building in the ITO area of Delhi on Friday.

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  Three killed in fire at scrap shop in Delhi's Kirti Nagar

  India | January 15, 2021 12:47 IST

  Three people, including a child, were killed in a fire at a scrap shop in west Delhi's Kirti Nagar area, police said on Friday. 

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  Delhi: Fire at e-commerce storehouse; woman, fireman injured

  India | January 15, 2021 11:36 IST

  A fire broke out at an e-commerce company's storehouse in the city's Rohini area on Friday morning, leaving a woman injured, a Delhi Fire Service official said. 

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  PM approves ex-gratia of ₹ 2 lakh to kin of Bhandara fire incident victims

  India | January 11, 2021 14:54 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to the tragic hospital fire in Bhandara, Maharashtra.

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  Bhandara Hospital Fire: BJP calls for bandh in district today

  India | January 11, 2021 10:57 IST

  The BJP has called for a bandh in Bhandara district of Maharashtra on Monday to express anguish over the death of ten infants in a fire at the district hospital here, a party MP said on Sunday.

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  Thackeray meets Bhandara fire victims' kin, orders safety audit

  India | January 10, 2021 14:52 IST

  Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said orders have been issued for conducting safety audit of all hospitals in the state, after 10 newborn babies died in a hospital fire in Bhandara.

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  Bhandara hospital fire: Parents blame staff for dereliction

  India | January 10, 2021 9:38 IST

  Many parents whose newborn babies were among those dead in the Bhandara hospital fire have blamed the staff there for dereliction of duty.

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  Maharashtra Deputy CM orders audit of all hospitals in state

  India | January 09, 2021 11:35 IST

  Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday ordered audit of all hospitals in state on an urgent basis following the fire incident at Bhandara District General Hospital that claimed lives of 10 people.

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  Bhandara fire incident: Maharashtra announces ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to kin of deceased

  India | January 09, 2021 9:59 IST

  Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Saturday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased in the fire incident at Bhandara District General Hospital.

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  Retd Brigadier, wife suffocate to death in Noida home fire

  India | December 19, 2020 9:20 IST

  Brig (retd) R.P. Singh and his wife Malti Singh (75) were found near the entrance door when it was broken by the locals and police. The incident is said to have happened at 9 p.m. on Friday.

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  72-year-old dies trying to save his cows, calves from fire

  India | December 06, 2020 17:22 IST

  A 72-year-old farmer has died of burn injuries he received during an attempt to save his cows and calves trapped inside a burning thatched cowshed in Bahraich, police said on Sunday.

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  Ahmedabad godown fire: 12 killed, PM Modi expresses anguish

  India | November 04, 2020 20:34 IST

  PM Modi, in his tweet, offered condolences to the families of those affected and said that the local authorities have been directed to provide all necessary help.

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  Massive fire breaks out in Ghaziabad's slum

  India | November 03, 2020 23:47 IST

  A massive fire has broken out in a slum area of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad. At least 15 fire tenders have reached the spot. 

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  Himachal Pradesh: Massive fire in Kinnaur; 10 houses gutted

  India | October 23, 2020 20:41 IST

  At least 10 houses gutted in a fire that broke out in Purbani village of Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh on Friday at 3:30 pm. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur directed the district administration to provide relief of Rs 10,000 to each affected family.