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Expressing interest implicit the “increasing” incidents of fires successful the nationalist superior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Delhi president Harsh Malhotra connected Sunday (June 14, 2026) urged citizens to stay alert against occurrence hazards, get electrical wiring checked, guarantee regular servicing of AC units, car artillery charging points, and power disconnected unnecessary electrical plug points portion sleeping oregon leaving home.
Mr. Malhotra said that owed to rising temperatures during some summertime and wintertime conditions, the load connected electrical appliances specified arsenic coolers, ACs, microwaves, etc. increases, putting further unit connected aged electrical wiring, which tin go a superior information hazard.
“I widen my appreciation connected behalf of each Delhi residents to the Fire Brigade unit who safely rescued a 75-year-old pistillate trapped connected the 2nd level amid a monolithic occurrence and exploding state cylinders successful Kalkaji today,” helium said.
The Delhi BJP president said that the timely accomplishment of the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) connected Sunday greeting and the alleviation efforts coordinated by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) helped avert a large tragedy.
“We bash not privation to politicize a superior contented similar occurrence incident, but it is unfortunate that the Kalkaji MLA Ms. Atishi Marlena, who shed crocodile tears implicit the Hauz Rani mishap extracurricular Max Hospital conscionable 5 days ago, did not scope the mishap tract successful her ain constituency adjacent aft respective hours,” helium said.
Two much fires reported successful Delhi
Two occurrence incidents successful antithetic parts of Delhi connected Sunday were brought nether power without immoderate nonaccomplishment of life, said occurrence officers.
In the first, a 75-year-old pistillate was rescued aft a occurrence broke retired astatine a edifice adjacent the Kalkaji-Govindpuri flyover successful southeast Delhi successful the aboriginal hours of the day.
According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the blaze was reported astatine 4:45 a.m. and progressive a gathering comprising a basement, crushed level and 3 precocious floors, on with a impermanent operation connected the terrace. “Three commercialized LPG cylinders exploded at the Punjabi Tadka restaurant, further intensifying the blaze,” said a DFS officer.
Nine occurrence tenders were pressed into service and the occurrence was brought nether power by 5:40 a.m. During hunt and rescue operations, firefighters safely evacuated Sita Devi from the 2nd level of an adjoining building.
Later successful the day, a occurrence broke retired connected the archetypal level of an apparel showroom successful Rajouri Garden marketplace successful westbound Delhi.
DFS officers said the blaze, reported astatine 3:55 p.m., affected a two-storied lehenga and chunni showroom dispersed implicit about 300 quadrate yards. It was brought nether power astir 4:20 p.m. No injuries were reported.
Fire officers said the origin of some the fires is yet to beryllium ascertained.
