New Delhi: Students jumped out of windows on Thursday as a fire broke out at a teaching center in the Mukherjee Nagar neighborhood of northwest Delhi. Eleven fire trucks responded to the scene, and rescue efforts are ongoing to put out the flames.
According to the initial reports, the fire broke out at 12.30 p.m., and in a video posted by the fire service, persons, mostly students, can be seen being rescued by firefighters via the windows. People can be seen escaping using wires in a viral video after a fire broke out inside an educational facility. So far, no fatalities have been reported.
#WATCH | People escape using wires as fire breaks out in a building located in Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar; 11 fire tenders rushed to the site, rescue operation underway
(Source: Delhi Fire Department) pic.twitter.com/1AYVRojvxI
— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2023
The incident was reported at 12.27 p.m., and 11 fire tenders were dispatched, according to Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Incident Service.
One of the students shared the ordeal of how they have jumped via windows using wires for life. “Everyone were in panic while climbing down from the third floor of the coaching centre using wires. There was a little stampede where few students got injured. However, everyone have been rescued from the buliding,” said Shobhit, one of the student who was present at the coaching centre.
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No person is trapped in the fire that broke out in the building due to an electric meter: Suman Nalwa, PRO, Delhi Police briefs media on fire in a building in Mukherjee Nagar
Meanwhile, a survivor narrates his ordeal of the incident to @kritsween & @anchoramitaw.
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As fire breaks out in a coaching institute in Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar students climb down from third floor of the building using a rope.
Nearly 50 of them are severely injured: a Survivor of the incident narrates his ordeal – Listen@priyanktripathi | @anchoramitaw | @kritsween pic.twitter.com/bCtymqMNmw
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“The fire started because of an electric meter, and it has now been extinguished.” The incident resulted in the injuries of four students. “The fire was not that large,” said Atul Garg, the fire director.
“A few students got hurt while fleeing the building where a fire broke out today.” There is no one trapped within the building. The fire originated in the electrical metre of the building. “Panic caused by rising smoke,” claimed Suman Nalwa, Prosecutor General of Delhi Police.
The firefighting operation is continuing, and the source of the incident remains unknown, according to officials.
“Everyone has been rescued from the building, and the firefighting operation has been completed.” “There have been no major injuries reported thus far,” claimed the Delhi Fire Department.
All persons have been rescued from the building; fire fighting operation concluded. So far, no major injuries reported: Delhi Fire Department https://t.co/HHWxon6umP pic.twitter.com/1JIH4cgaWB
— ANI (@ANI) June 15, 2023
