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Fourteen people, including 3 Delhi Fire Services (DFS) staffers and arsenic galore Delhi Police personnel, were injured erstwhile an LPG cylinder exploded during firefighting operations astatine a residential gathering successful north-west Delhi’s Majlis Park connected Sunday.
The occurrence broke retired astatine 9.02 a.m. connected the precocious crushed level of the five-storey gathering dispersed crossed astir 990 quadrate feet, the constabulary said.
The occurrence and constabulary unit reached the spot to douse the flames. As they were trying to power the blaze, an LPG cylinder kept wrong a country exploded, the constabulary said.
The DFS deployed 5 occurrence tenders to power the blaze, which was brought nether power by 10.50 a.m.
The injured were archetypal taken to Max Hospital successful Shalimar Bagh and Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital successful Jahangirpuri earlier being referred to Safdarjung Hospital, the constabulary said.
Most of the injured suffered astir 10% pain injuries. People contiguous astatine the clip of the incident, including the owner, were besides injured. All are presently undergoing attraction astatine Safdarjung Hospital, the constabulary said, adding that a preliminary probe is nether mode to ascertain the origin of the fire.
