No fire safety system was working at Anusandhan Bhavan
No fire safety system was working at Anusandhan Bhavan
Had the fire safety mechanisms been in a working condition at the Anusandhan Bhavan in New Delhi, there would have been less damage in yesterday's fire, which resulted in the death of two people and injured five.
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Death chamber: Fire officials at the Anusandhan Bhawan |
"The fire fighting systems in the building, including the fire alarms, fire hose were not in a working condition. Had it functioned during the emergency, lives would have been saved and less damage would have been caused," said Atul Garg, deputy chief fire Officer.
A major fire broke out in the third floor of the Anusandhan Bhavan, near Parliament at around 7.06 pm.
According to the fire officials, 14 fire tenders took around two hours to douse the blaze.u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
An eyewitness said when the fire broke out around 60 employees who were inside the building rushed out but a few of them went to the fourth floor where two of them suffocated to death. "We did not pay much attention to the smoke when it first broke out as there was some repair work on in the building," said Pritam Chand, a guard outside the building.u00a0u00a0
The five injured were rushed to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital.
