Overview

• Fires broke out around 5:30 AM at a paint factory in Delhi’s Bawana Industrial Area and at Sham Paints Industries in Noida’s Sector 2.
• Fire services initially dispatched two tenders to each site before summoning reinforcements as explosions and intense flames spread.
• Delhi units deployed 25 fire tenders to the Bawana blaze while more than a dozen tenders from neighbouring districts and private crews tackled the Noida fire.
• Crews successfully prevented the blazes from spreading to adjacent factories in both industrial zones.
• Officials confirmed there were no casualties and said investigations are under way to determine what triggered the fires.