Delhi: At least 300 vehicles destroyed in Wazirabad police training centre fire
May 30, 2024
New Delhi [India], May 31 : Around 125 four-wheelers and 175 two-wheelers were destroyed as a fire broke out inside the Wazirabad police training centre in Delhi's Sonia Vihar, police said.
All the vehicles were case properties.
A total of 12 fire tenders were called in to douse the flames, they said.
The incident was reported at 2:47 pm on Thursday. The fire was brought under control by 4:30 pm.
The cause of the fire is being ascertained.
Earlier on Thursday, a fire broke out at a flat in the Lotus Boulevard Society in Noida's Sector 100. Fire tenders arrived at the spot to bring the blaze under control. As per preliminary information, the fire could be due to an AC blast at the flat.
Detailing the fire that occurred in the Lotus Boulevard Society in Noida Sector 100, Chief Fire Officer Pradeep Kumar said that the fire occurred due to a split AC blast in a flat of the building.
"At around 10 AM, we got a call about a fire that had broken out in the Boulevard Society in Sector 100. We sent five fire tenders to the spot. Because of the firefighting systems present here, the fire was extinguished before we could arrive," Noida Chief Fire Officer Pradeep Kumar said.
