Fireman dies while trying to put out Anand Parbat factory blaze

A 52-year-old officer of the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) was killed and four others injured in an explosion at an electric heater factory in central Delhi’s Anand Parbat industrial area Wednesday night. According to officials, fire fighters were trying to put out a blaze at the three-storey building when a portion collapsed during the blast. While the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, Deputy Commissioner of Police (central) M S Randhawa said prima facie, it appears that a short circuit sparked off the blaze. A case under sections 436 (mischief by fire), 427 (mischief causing damaging) 336 (act of endangering life), 337 (causing hurt) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC has been registered at Anand Parbat police station.