A fire broke out at a coaching institute in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar area on Thursday, Delhi Fire Service officials said. The students of the coaching institute escaped though windows, and used ropes and ladders to climb down from the top floor. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday expressed concern over the fire incident. Pics/PTI
Updated On: 2023-06-15 04:55 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
In a video shared by the fire department, people, mostly students, can be seen rescued by the firemen through windows. The video shows trapped students coming out of the top floor of the building one by one. Some of them are also seen throwing their bags and helping one another during the rescue operation
A call about the fire was received at 12.27 pm and a total of 11 fire tenders were pressed into service, Atul Garg, Director of Delhi Fire Service said on Thursday
CM Arvind Kejriwal said there was no need to panic and the blaze was brought under control by the Delhi Fire Service
"This fire incident is very unfortunate. Some students sustained minor injuries while trying to escape. Rest of the students are fine. There is no need to panic, Fire brigade has controlled the fire. District administration is present on the spot," CM Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi
The panic-stricken students are seen climbing down from the top floor of the building with the help of ropes. Smoke can also be seen coming out of that floor. Ropes on the other side of the building were also used by the students to come out of the premises
