New Delhi, January 2: Fourteen people, including 13 firefighters, were injured after a battery factory collapsed as a fire broke out in Delhi’s Peeragarhi on Thursday morning.
A security guard of the factory was also injured, a police officer told reporters, saying one person was still trapped under the debris.
The building at Udyog Nagar area collapsed following an explosion when firefighters were dousing the blaze, an official said, adding that the fire department had received a call at 4.23 am.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he was monitoring the situation.
“V sad to hear this. Am closely monitoring the situation. Fire personnel trying their best. Praying for the safety of those trapped,” Kejriwal tweeted. PTI
