NEW DELHI: One person suffered 100% burns and three others suffered varying degrees of injuries in an explosion at an illegal firecracker factory being run in a residential building in north Burari on Sunday, police said. The facility was operating on the ground floor and a fire department official was also injured during the rescue operation.
Police said they would register an FIR to initiate legal action against the factory owner and the building owner.
Atul Garg, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief, said they were informed about the fire around 4.30 pm. "A total of five fire tenders were rushed to the site. We found there was an explosion in a firecracker factory on the ground floor of a house. Some persons got burn injuries and were hospitalized," he said. The victims are Himanshu Singh, 27, Anand Kumar, 24, Ravi Prakash, 22, and Vijay Pandey, 22.
Fire officials said that Singh suffered 100% burn injuries and was referred to the LNJP Hospital, where his condition is critical. He Singh is the nephew of factory owner, Mukesh Gupta. Kumar and Prakash suffered 25% burn injuries, and Pandey suffered 40% burns.
This story is from the December 23, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times Haryana.
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