India: 11 dead in fire at a paint factory in Delhi's Alipur

A massive fire broke out in a paint factory in Delhi's Alipur area Thursday night.At the time of the incident, some individuals were working inside the warehouse and got trapped inside.At least 11 peoplelost their lives in the fire.

It took approximately three hours to bring the fire under control, and later sevenbodies were recovered in a search operation.

The treatment of the injured is underway at Raja Harishchandra Hospital in Narela. The bodies of the deceased have been sent to the mortuary at Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital.

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Police claim that there was a blast at the factory before the fire. An officer stated, "Teams have been formed to investigate the incident."

Officials from the fire department informed that on Thursday evening, the police and fire department received information about a fire in the paint factory located in H Block, Dayal Market, Alipur.

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Upon receiving information about the incident, 22 fire department vehicles reached the scene, and with their assistance, firefighters were able to control the fire within three hours.

CM Kejriwal visits site of accident

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the site where fire broke out and took stock of the situation.

"11 people have died and 4 injured. The families of the victims will be given an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakhs, those who have sustained serious injuries will get Rs 2 lakhs and those with minor injuries will be given Rs 20,000. the nearby shops and houses that got burnt in the fire will also be compensated after assessing the loss," said Kejriwal.

"It is a very sad incident. The fire broke out in a paint factory. 11 people have lost their lives and 4 others are injured. We will provide Rs 10 lakhs each to the families of the deceased, Rs 2 lakh each to the people with major injuries and Rs 20,000 each to the people with minor injuries. It is being informed that the fire tenders were late, I will order an inquiry for the same. Actions will be taken against the factory owner for running the factory in a residential area," he added.

Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva also visited Alipur and said, "BJP will provide assistance to the injured people and will provide immediate assistance of Rs. 50,000 to the family members of the deceased. Delhi Government and CM Arvind Kejriwal should take full responsibility for this incident. They are only doing corruption when it comes to ground reality."

(With inputs from agencies)