New Delhi: In a huge fire breakout in Delhi’s Gokalpuri on Friday night, seven people were reported dead along with 60 huts being burnt down. The fire was brought under control on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, Delhi Fire Service department informed today. Officials recovered seven bodies from the site of the incident.
The department officials said that as many as 13 fire tenders rushed to the site after gathering information about the incident.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (northeast) Devesh Kumar Mahla said information about the fire was received around 1 am, following which police and fire officials reached the spot.
“At 1 am there was a fire incident in Gokalpuri PS area. Immediately teams reached the spot with all rescue equipment. We also contacted the fire department that responded very well. We could douse the fire by around 4 am,” said Additional DCP, North East Delhi.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal expressed grief over the incident. Taking to twitter the CM tweeted in Hindi “Heard the sad news early in the morning. I will go to the spot and meet the affected people personally.”
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