A video which surfaced on social media on Monday showed a minor girl walking away from a building seconds before a cylinder exploded in the vicinity. The incident reportedly occurred at Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy.
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As per reports, two people, identified as Manoj and Naveen, were severely injured in the blast.
Meanwhile, on Monday, a fire broke out in a restaurant in west Delhi’s Rajouri Garden market on Monday, forcing several students of an institute to jump off the building to save their lives, authorities said.
A person was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, police said.
“We received a fire call regarding fire in Jungle Jamboree Restaurant near Rajouri Garden Metro Station at 2.01 pm. 10 fire tenders were immediately dispatched to the site to control the blaze,” Delhi Fire Services chief Atul Garg said.
No casualties have been reported so far and the cause of the fire remains unknown, he added.
Thick smoke engulfed the area, creating panic among the shopkeepers.
Many videos of the incident went viral on social media showing people jumping off to an adjacent building to save their lives.
Meanwhile, authorities have cordoned off the vicinity to facilitate firefighting operations.
