Why fire at Karol Bagh’s Arpit Palace hotel claimed 17 lives?

New Delhi : A ‘significant delay’ in alerting the fire department, inflammable material used in the building, ‘complicated’ locking systems of the windows and the staff’s inability to fight the flames resulted... Read more »

Child Among 17 Killed In Fire At Delhi Hotel, 2 Jumped From Terrace

At least 17 people were killed and several injured after a fire at a hotel in Delhi’s congested Karol Bagh area early this morning. A woman and a child, among those dead,... Read more »

Noida hospital didn’t have fire licence from over five months: Chief fire officer

The Metro Hospitals and Heart Institute in Noida Sector-12, where a fire broke out on Thursday, was functioning without a fire licence that expired over five months ago, officials said. “The hospital... Read more »

Massive fire at Metro Hospital Noida; 30-35 patients rescued

NOIDA: A massive fire broke out at a private hospital in Noida on Thursday where rescue operations are in full swing to save the trapped patients, a fire official said. The blaze... Read more »
California's Deadly Camp Fire Was the Costliest Natural Disaster of 2018, Says Insurer

California’s Deadly Camp Fire Was the Costliest Natural Disaster of 2018, Says Insurer

(BERLIN) — German insurance company Munich Re says the Northern California wildfire that killed dozens of people and burned down the town of Paradise was the world’s costliest single natural disaster in... Read more »
13 fires a day in past 6 years, number of big blazes swells: Mumbai fire brigade.

13 fires a day in past 6 years, number of big blazes swells: Mumbai fire brigade.

Though the number of total fire incidents in the city over a year have remained more or less the same in the last few years, the number of medium-level and high-level incidents... Read more »