Delhi: Fire breaks out in electricity meter control box in Vivek Vihar Phase-I

A fire broke out in an electricity meter control box on the ground floor of a residential building in Vivek Vihar Phase-I in east Delhi on Sunday, officials said.

Nothing to fear, as it was a small fire in the MC box, the official said, adding that there were no casualties or injuries.

According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), a call regarding the incident near Block C was received at 1.40 PM, following which one fire tender was rushed to the spot.

“The fire was confined to the MC box and was quickly brought under control,” a DFS official said.

The official added that the “stop” message, indicating completion of the firefighting operation, was received at 2.40 PM.

This comes days after a devastating fire ripped through a residential building in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar in the early hours of May 3, leaving nine people from two families, including a toddler, dead, with an air-conditioner blast suspected to have triggered the blaze, officials said.

The fire broke out around 3.50 AM in a four-storey building in Vivek Vihar Phase-I and rapidly spread from the rear portion, engulfing flats from the first to the fourth floors and trapping residents inside as thick smoke filled the structure.