500 slums gutted in fire in Shahbad Dairy

A fire broke out today at a vacant plot in the Shahbad Dairy area of Rohini which housed 500 slums, an official from the Delhi Fire Service said.

There were no casualties in the incident.

A call was received around 11.30 am about the blaze and 21 firetenders were pressed into service, he said, adding that the fire was doused by 4pm.

The fire also triggered multiple cylinder blasts in the area.

He said that locals told them that more than 500 shanties were gutted. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

As many as 1,000 people have been rendered homeless due to the blaze.

Yesterday, a six-year-old girl was killed in a fire that broke out in slums in the Mansarovar park area which gutted 300 shanties.