PTI, NEW DELHI:The Delhi government has ordered an inquiry into the blaze at a private factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana industrial area this evening in which seventeen people are fear dead, even as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he is keeping a “close watch” on the rescue operations. A massive fire ripped through the two-storeyed factory. According to a Delhi fire services officials, the blazestarted from a firecracker factory which has a rubber factory atop it on the second storey.
Expressing his grief over the “large number of casualties” in the fire, chief minister Kejriwal said he is keeping a “close watch” on the rescue operations. “V(ery) sad to hear abt large no of casualties. Keeping a close watch on rescue operations,” Kejriwal said in a tweet. According to the Delhi Fire Services officials, seventeen people were feared dead in the blaze that engulfed a building in Bawana industrial area, housing a cracker and rubber manufacturing units.
Delhi Urban Development minister Satyendar Jain said an inquiry has been ordered into the incident. “Learnt about a serious fire incident in a private factory at Bawana. Several casualties reported. Monitoring the situation. Ordered enquiry,” Jain tweeted.
