1 killed, six injured in fire at Delhi factory

A 42yearold man was killed and six others were injured when a fire broke out at an electric goods factory in northeast Delhis Mustafabad area on ThursdayA call about the blaze was received at 1217 pm following which seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot officials saidThe police said Inderjeet Pandey a resident of Pusta Sonia Vihar succumbed to burn injuries He was a worker in the factory a senior police officer saidThe blaze was brought under control at 1 pm fire department officials saidThe fire broke out on the first floor of a factory manufacturing electric items inverter stabiliser etc injuring seven persons who were rushed to the GTB HospitalOne person was later declared dead and another person is in serious condition The building is spread over an area of about 200 square yards Fire Department Director Atul Garg saidAccording to fire officials the factory didnt have an NOC from the departmentThe police said the fire broke out at the factory on street number23 of New Mustafabad which comes under Dayalpur police stationA senior police officer said that the injured have been identified as Gulfam a resident of the Old Mustafabad area Aamir Bulbul Bilal Shamim and Usnara all residents of the New Mustafabad areaAshutosh Pandey 24 the son of deceased Inderjeet said that his father told them several times about the bad working conditions in the factoryMy father was working at the factory for the past 10 to 11 years He told us that the condition of the factory was not good but he had no choice other than to work thereI received a call at 127 pm from Sonu a colleague of my father who informed me about the fireWhen I asked him about the condition of my father he asked me to check him myself Later I went to Jag Pravesh Chand hospital where I saw around seven to eight persons with burn injuries and my father was declared dead by the time I reached there Ashutosh saidWe took his body to GTB hospital where the staff said that the postmortem will take place on Friday following which his body will be handed over to us he saidInderjeet is survived by his wife Sangeeta Devi two sons Ashutosh Pandey and Aman Pandey and daughter Sapna Pandey He was a native of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh and was living here for the past 22 yearsAshutosh said that his father was the sole breadwinnerMy father left for work at around 830 am on his cycle He used to work as a painter at the factory and earned Rs 11000 per month he saidHe said they heard that a cylinder had exploded but are not sure about itIt is the latest in a series of fires in Delhi At least 27 people were killed in a massive blaze in a commercial building in northwest Delhis Mundka on May 13This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever