New Delhi firefighter killed, 19 injured, as battery factory collapses after major blaze
- Thirty-five fire engines were called to the scene of the incident, which took rescue workers more than 10 hours to bring under control
A factory manufacturing batteries in the Indian capital caught fire and collapsed Thursday, killing one firefighter and injuring 19 others, officials said.
A fire official said three people were rescued from the debris of the building in the Peera Garhi area in western New Delhi. Thirty-five fire engines were rushed to the site and it took them more than 10 hours to douse the blaze.
Arvind Kejriwal, New Delhi state’s top elected official, said in a tweet that one of the injured firefighters had died.
The fire service control room said that 19 firefighters were injured in the operation and one of them later died in a hospital. One security guard also was injured in the fire, which broke out in the basement of the building.
Police said the rescue work was over.
There were no workers inside the building when the fire broke out around 4am, the police said.
