write a report on fire caused by crackers
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As compared to previous years, there has been a decline in cases of fire triggered by burning or firecrackers, the officials said, adding they cannot provide the exact break-up of fire incidents caused due to crackers immediately as it needs to be analysed.
However, the use of firecrackers in Delhi on Diwali has come down over the years over concerns about pollution and due to restrictions imposed on their sale and usage.
Yet, there were violations and people in several parts of the national capital like Jangpura, Lajpat Nagar, RK Puram, Malviya Nagar, Burari, Ashram burst firecrackers until at least midnight, two hours after the 10 PM deadline.
No major fire incident was reported across the national capital on Diwali this year but there was a huge fire at a shop in Delhi's Sadar Bazar market.
"The fire broke out in a shop that was housed on the fourth and fifth floors of the building and contained packaging materials and plastic toys, which were gutted in the blaze," the fire official said.
The call about the blaze in the shop was received at 3 pm, after which 12 fire tenders were rushed and the blaze was brought under control by 4.25 pm, he said.
A fire also broke out at a sanitary shop in northeast Delhi's Jagatpuri area, the official said.
The call about the fire was received at 2.51 pm after which six fire tenders were pressed into service. The fire was brought under control within an hour.
There was no significant decline in the number of calls related to fire-incidents.
No injury or casualty was reported in any of the incident reported on the occasion of Diwali, the officials said.
Out of the total calls, even though no major fire incident was reported in Delhi. But fire incidents were reported at dumping grounds and houses due to domestic items, those related to electric wires and transformers.
Garbage dumps at some areas also caught fire due to bursting of crackers, they said.
Maximum calls were received from west, east, north, and southern parts of Delhi, the official said.
According to the fire department, it received 271 fire-related calls on Diwali last year despite a ban on sale of fire crackers.
Like last year, there was no significant decline in number of calls related to fire-incidents, despite a ban on sale of illegal fire crackers and time restrictions on bursting of green firecrackers, which was allowed only between 8-10 pm.
The DFS had not only deployed 2,000 officers across the city to tackle emergencies on Diwali, but had also stationed 25 officials to man its control room to deal with any fire-related calls.
Besides the 61 permanent fire stations in the Delhi, the department had also set up temporary stations at different locations across the city.
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A Devastating Fire
Aurangabad: 9 October, 2019. Fire accidents are the worst disasters. A major fire broke out during Diwali Mela celebrations in Aurangabad district on Sunday. The cause of the fire was a temporary firecrackers market set up on the occasion. The conflagration gutted 175 stalls and 70 vehicles. Property worth 15 million rupees was charred to ashes. It was a beautiful morning. People were just getting out of their homes for the festival shopping and festival fun. Hundreds of people had just started visiting the stalls to buy crackers when all of a sudden a rocket fell on the heap of crackers at a stall. Within seconds the place was converted into a blazing inferno. A devastating fire engulfed the whole area. The people ran out of the market and saved their lives. It is no less than a miracle that not a single human causality occurred. More than 10 fire brigade tankers succeeded in dousing the fire in four hours. Poisonous smoke billowed from the market and enveloped the sky. Local people rushed to the site for rescue operations. Police Commissioner and other senior officers visited the spot and took stock of the situation. An official inquiry has been ordered by the Mayor of the city.