Smoke billows after a fire broke out at the Times of India building at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI )
Smoke billows after a fire broke out at the Times of India building at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI )
A major fire broke out on the top floor of the five-storey Times of India building in central Delhi’s ITO area on Wednesday afternoon, with scores of firemen and 25 fire tenders pressed into service.
Two persons trapped in the building were rescued by the firefighters, who took nearly 90 minutes to control the blaze that started at around 2.15 pm on the fourth floor. No casualty has been reported so far.
Nearly 500 employees and others present in the building were evacuated.
Initially, five fire tenders were rushed to the spot after the fire service got a report of plumes of smoke coming out of the building, a senior fire official said, adding that the fire broke out in a room on the rear side of the building. The number of fire tenders was later increased to 25, a fire service official said.
