Overview
- Delhi Fire Services said 29 fire tenders contained the overnight blaze in Rohini’s Bengali Basti, where one body was recovered and a child was hospitalised.
- Police sources and officials reported multiple LPG cylinder explosions that intensified the spread through closely packed huts before the fire was brought under control.
- Five Mumbai firefighters were hospitalised for suffocation after dousing a kitchen fire at a McDonald’s outlet in Dadar Star Mall, where the blaze was later declared Level 1.
- A major fire gutted a textile and dyeing unit at Bhiwandi’s Saravali MIDC, destroying fabric, chemicals and machinery; no injuries were reported as power cuts and nonfunctional backup systems hindered firefighting.
- Other recent incidents included Kolkata and Delhi godown fires and Navi Mumbai scrap godown blazes with no reported civilian casualties, as officials cited suspected short circuits or cylinder blasts pending detailed probes.