4 killed, 2 injured in fire at Delhi shoe factory; owner summoned

Image Credit: ANI (The fire was reported at around 9.30pm at a factory in Phase 1 of the industrial area. )

NEW DELHI: Four people died and two others were injured after a fire broke out at a shoe manufacturing factory in Delhi's Mangolpuri Industrial Area on Friday night.The fire was reported at around 9.30pm at a factory in Phase 1 of the industrial area.

Firefighters and police personnel rushed to the spot and launched rescue operations. After battling the blaze for several hours, fire teams managed to bring it under control.Six people were found unconscious inside the factory and rescued. They were taken to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri, where four were declared dead on arrival.The other two are undergoing treatment.Fire officer ADO Paras Kumar said the fire had originated in the basement of the factory, which manufactured and stored footwear.

Firefighters managed to confine the blaze to the basement, preventing it from spreading further through the building."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. he fire initially broke out in the basement.

We managed to contain it within the basement, preventing it from spreading further."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," Kumar told reporters.DCP (Outer) Vikram Singh said the factory owner had been summoned in connection with the incident.

Police are also questioning the contractor and workers to establish how many labourers were present at the time of the fire."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," Singh told reporters.