Two separate fire incidents triggered panic across the national capital late Friday night, leaving four factory workers dead and a firefighter seriously wounded. The primary tragedy unfolded inside a footwear manufacturing unit located in Phase 1 of Mangolpuri Industrial Area, where an intense blaze trapped workers inside, claiming four lives and leaving two others suffering from severe burn injuries. Heavy smoke and roaring flames swiftly engulfed the industrial premises, cutting off escape routes before emergency teams managed to pull the victims out.
Midnight Rescue Operation at Mangolpuri Factory
Emergency calls triggered an immediate mobilization of local police and fire service teams to the Mangolpuri plant. DCP Vikram Singh stated that upon receiving information regarding the blaze, police personnel and an operational unit were rushed to the location without delay. Police officers were the first to arrive on the scene and promptly initiated rescue measures as soon as the fire tenders reached the site. Firefighting operations and rescue efforts continued for an extended duration and remained active well into the morning hours. A strong police deployment remained stationed at the premises throughout the night to monitor the surrounding situation. Authorities are still awaiting definitive findings regarding the exact origin and causes of the factory blaze.
Four Declared Dead at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital
In an official statement detailing the casualties, the Delhi Fire Service confirmed that emergency crews extricated a total of six individuals in an unconscious state from the burning factory structure. All six victims were immediately rushed to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital for emergency medical treatment. Upon arrival, attending physicians declared four of the victims dead, while the remaining two injured individuals were admitted and placed under intensive medical care for burn wounds and smoke inhalation.
LPG Cylinder Explodes During Firefighting in Jahangirpuri
In an entirely separate development on Friday, chaos broke out in the Jahangirpuri neighborhood when a 30-year-old man allegedly set fire to his own residence. The domestic fire grew so severe that an LPG cooking gas cylinder stored inside the house ruptured and exploded with immense force. Police reported that a firefighter sustained approximately 25 percent burn injuries while actively attempting to extinguish the blaze. Video footage of the incident recorded by local residents captured the precise moment the cylinder detonated as the firefighter fought the flames, scattering fireballs and debris in every direction while onlookers could be heard screaming frantically to pull the rescue personnel to safety.
Injured Fireman Ankit Shifted to AIIMS Burn Ward
The injured firefighter has been identified as 32-year-old Ankit. He suffered deep burn marks across his face, hair, and both hands due to the intense blast wave and flames. Ankit was initially transported to Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital, where medical staff determined that he had suffered nearly 25 percent burns. Given the critical nature of his burn injuries, he was subsequently transferred to the specialized burn ward at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for advanced treatment. These twin incidents follow another recent fire episode near Rashtrapati Bhavan behind North Block, where a thick plume of black smoke had risen into the sky before emergency services brought the situation under control.
