The fire started at the storage unit on the ground floor of a two-storey building in Bawana Industrial area. This picture shows policemen and security personnel standing outside a burnt firecracker factory on the outskirts of New Delhi, early Sunday. (Pho
17 dead, two injured in blaze at firecracker storage unit in Delhi's Bawana industrial area
The fire, which started at the storage unit on the ground floor of a two-storey building, ripped through the structure killing ten women and seven men.
The police said 10 women and 7 men were either charred to death or died of asphyxiation. The picture shows a view of the fire in the evening when it first came to local's notice. (Photo | PTI)
G C Mishra, Director, Delhi Fire Service, said that one person sustained fractures after he jumped from the second floor to save himself. The above picture shows fire fighters at the site. (Photo | PTI)
The Delhi Fire Services had received a call about the fire at the factory around 6.20 pm and 10 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. (Photo | PTI)
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal visited the site of fire and announced Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh to the injured. (Photo | PTI)
On Sunday, factory owner Manoj Jain was arrested on Sunday as a probe revealed that it was a factory of 'cold firecrackers'. (Photo | PTI)
According to recent updates, the mayor of North Delhi, Preeti Aggarwal, was caught on camera cautioning the officials from speaking against the firecracker factory. The picture shows a relative of the deceased grieving. (Photo | PTI)
