Fire erupts in same Delhi building where blaze claimed 43 lives
   Date :10-Dec-2019

Fire erupts in same Delhi
 An ambulance carrying bodies of fire victims leaves the mortuary of Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi on Monday. (AFP)
 
NEW DELHI :
A FIRE broke out in north Delhi’s Anaj Mandi area on Monday morning in the same building where a blaze killed 43 people a day earlier, Delhi Fire Service officials said. The fire department officials said they received a call about the blaze at around 7.50 am after which two fire tenders were rushed to the scene. Some material stacked inside the building caught fire. However, the blaze was brought under control within 20 minutes, they said. A massive fire in the same four-storey building comprising illegal factories killed 43 and injured 16 workers on Sunday.  Bowing to pressure from families of those killed in the Anaj Mandi fire on Sunday, the Bihar Government has decided to send the bodies of the State’s residents home by road instead of train. Earlier, it was decided that the railways will carry the bodies of Bihar residents in the seating-cum-luggage rake (SLR coach) on board the Swatantrata Senani Express. However, the victims’ families objected to the arrangement.
 
Home Minister to make statement on Delhi blaze today: HOME Minister Amit Shah will speak in Lok Sabha on Tuesday on the concerns raised by members over the devastating Delhi blaze which claimed 43 lives. During the Zero Hour, members, cutting across party lines, raised the issue of the massive fire in a four-storey building comprising illegal factories in north Delhi’s Anaj Mandi on Sunday. Rajiv Pratap Rudy demanded a special investigation and steps to prevent its recurrence.
 
Police conducts 3D laser scan of building: THE Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Monday collected evidence using 3D laser scan technology in order to reconstruct for investigation the incident of fire at the Delhi building. A team from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) also visited the site and collected sample. Property owner, manager send to 14-day police custody: A DELHI court on Monday sent to 14-days police custody the property owner and manager of the building housing illegal manufacturing units in Delhi’s congested Anaj Mandi area where at least 43 people were killed in a massive fire.