Firefighters face water shortage, hanging wires in rescue effort

Lack of water, low-hanging electricity wires, and the problem of onlookers who get in the way of rescue operations—these are some of the challenges that firefighters faced while trying to douse a blaze in an east Delhi building on Tuesday that claimed the life of a woman.
A major fire broke out at a five-storey building in East Delhi’s Shakarpur, killing a 40-year-old woman, Anita. Twenty-five people were rescued by the Delhi Fire Service. “After getting a message at around 1. 05 am, we initially sent three fire vehicles to the location. As the fire was major, five more fire engines were pressed into service. Later, more than 20 fire engines were rushed to the spot as the flames engulfed the entire left side of the building,” Delhi Fire Service chief Atul Garg said. The major challenge the DFS had to face was that there was no water source at the spot, so fire vehicles struggled to refill.
“A large number of people thronged to the location just to see what was happening. Our teams had to repeatedly request people to give them space so that they could rescue people and rush them to nearby hospitals,” Garg said.
“Low-lying electricity wires, electricity lighting due to the Diwali festival, and narrow streets are also major problems we faced during our rescue operation,” the DFS chief said. He added that another major problem the fire department faces is traffic. But since the Shakarpur incident happened late at night, there was no traffic on the street, Garg said.

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