A 21-year-old man jumped off the first floor of a fire-struck building in Dwarka Delhi on Saturday, officials said.
A PCR call regarding the fire was received at 2.12 pm from neighbours about a blaze at the building’s stilt parking area in Dwarka Sector 7, police said.
Police rushed to the spot and found that a fire had broken out in the stilt parking of the four-storey building, where several fire tenders were engaged in dousing the flames, a police officer said.
Also Read: Dense fog shrouds Delhi, air quality severe
The fire engulfed readymade garments stored on the ground floor parking, belonging to Ashish Bhardwaj, a resident of Palam, he said.
Bhardwaj also had a godown of readymade garments on the first floor.
According to police, Bhardwaj had received a consignment of garments worth around Rs 70-80 lakh from China on Friday, which was kept in the ground-floor stilt parking. The entire stock was gutted in the fire.
Abhishek, an employee of Bhardwaj, jumped from the first floor of the building to escape the fire and sprained his ankle, the officer said.
No other injuries or casualties were reported.
A Delhi Fire Services official said it took them two hours to put out the blaze.
The prima facie cause of the fire, as informed by fire personnel at the spot, appeared to be a spark in a water motor installed in the parking area, police said.
A detailed inspection will be carried out by the fire department on Sunday.
More than 47 lakh voters, nearly one-third of Delhi's electorate, are set to be left…
The court dismissed Jasir Bilal Wani’s plea, saying he was not entitled to default bail…
Delhi Police tells SC that the July 20 protest was infiltrated by alleged anti-social elements…
Transfers and a Rs 5.34 crore infrastructure upgrade have reduced occupancy, but the Rohini shelter…
Over 47 lakh voters may miss Delhi’s draft roll, with digitisation varying sharply across constituencies
Two 17-year-olds were injured after a banyan tree branch fell on them in Mayur Vihar…
