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Massive fire in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, Air Force steps in to save the day
A warehouse in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar has been burning with fire since Tuesday evening, and Air Force has stepped in to rescue. Wednesday Morning an IAF Mi-17V5 helicopter was seen making sorties to pour water to contain what has been classified as the “highest category” blaze in the national capital in recent times.
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The chopper was fitted with a Bambi bucket sprayed almost 400 litres of water in several sorties that contained the flames early on Wednesday morning.
#SavingLives : Indian Air Force launches a #MLH class helicopter for Fire Fighting Operations with Bambi Buckets from AFS Palam to contain fire at #MalviyaNagar , New Delhi, Today. @SpokespersonMoD @nsitharamanoffc @DefenceMinIndia pic.twitter.com/4QAa2uIgXP
— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) May 30, 2018
The fire started on Tuesday at around 5 pm in the warehouse at Khirki Extension, a crowded residential part of Malviya Nagar. Thick black smoke was visible from much of south Delhi Sky. 80 fire engines were sent and firemen were at work all night to stop the blaze from spreading to neighbouring buildings, including a school.
According to police, a truck loaded with rubber material parked near the godown caught fire, which spread rapidly because of strong winds. The fire was too much to be controlled by the fire engines. Even after 12 hours, the fire was still very much active.
No human life has been injured however a lot of vehicles were damaged in the fire.
Image Source – Deccan Herald, Twitter
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