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Karol Bagh fire: Factory failed to produce an NOC

According to the police, the factory was being run in the same building for more than 20 years.

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Two fire tenders brought the fire under control by 12.50 pm
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The Delhi police on Tuesday claimed that the owner of the garments manufacturing factory in Karol Bagh area, in which four people were killed after a fire broke out, was unable to produce a valid No Objection Certificate (NOC) for running a factory in a residential building. The police are questioning the family members of the accused in connection with the case.

According to the police, the factory was being run in the same building for more than 20 years.

"The factory was run illegally as the owner of the factory failed to produce the NOC for running the factory in a residential complex. While we have asked the factory owner Ajay Khurana's brother to join the probe after which we will get more details," said a senior police officer.

According to a senior North Delhi Municipal Corporation officer, the officials are looking into the matter.

"As per the initial information we have gathered, the affected area was spread across approximately 22 square yards. The fire broke out in the first floor where the victims were reportedly involved in laundering clothes. We are yet to verify if the commercial activity was being conducted illegally in other buildings of the area as well," said the officer.

On Monday afternoon, a massive fire killed four workers, including a differently abled man and two women at a garment manufacturing unit in central Delhi's Karol Bagh. Two others suffered minor burn injuries. The fire fighters said that the fire broke out when one of the workers, who was using white solvent — a chemical used to clean fabric — was putting a white solvent in a spraying machine and it spilt on the floor accidentally, the police said. The police have registered a case and the owner has been arrested.

A team of the forensic science laboratory visited the factory on Monday afternoon and collected samples to establish what chemical was being used that fuelled the blaze. Additional deputy commissioner of police (central) Amit Sharma said that since the factory was gutted, the forensics team had to collect air fumes which will be tested to find which chemical exactly caught fire.

"It is also a matter of probe whether a short circuit caught fire or it was due to a mistake of one of the workers. We have also booked the owner for negligence as it was found that adequate fire-fighting equipment was not in place in the factory," the additional DCP said.

THE INCIDENT

  • DFS officials said fire broke out at 12.23 pm in Karol Bagh’s Beadonpura area on Monday
     
  • The fire broke after a solvent used for laundering clothes spilled out accidentally 
     
  • 4 people were killed after a man, got stuck blocking route for others
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