Fire breaks out at IGI airport, no casualty

Monday, December 28, 2009, 18:33 [IST]

New Delhi, Dec 28: Just two days after a minor fire broke out at the old departure terminal building (T1B) of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, yet another fire has been reported from the international airport in the nation's capital.

According to media reports, fire broke out at the basement of an under-construction building of terminal 3 of the IGI airport on Monday, Dec 28 evening.

No casualty has been reported.

According to sources, the fire broke out when one of the UPS batteries, kept at the basement of the project site, caught fire due to short circuit. The fire later spread to over 20 batteries, which were also placed in the basement.

OneIndia News

Topics: fire, igi airport, delhi, new delhi

Other articles published on December 28, 2009

Wife in the soup for setting husband's genitals on fire

Monday, December 8, 2008,15:45 [IST]

Melbourne, Dec 8 (ANI): A woman allegedly set her husband's genitals on fire while he was sleeping.The incident has left the husband with burns to 85 percent of his body.According to AdelaideNow, Rajini Narayan, 44, appeared briefly in Adelaide Magistrates Court, charged over the fire at her family's home in Unley.The fire left Satish Narayan with terrible burns and prosecutor Senior Sergeant Bruce Faehrmann said the injuries could prove fatal."(Mr Narayan) was set on fire.....

Fatah gunmen fire on Hamas activists in W Bank

Friday, December 22, 2006,15:23 [IST]

Nablus (West Bank), Dec 22: Gunmen loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah opened fire on Hamas members in the occupied West Bank today, wounding at least two people, hospital officials and witnesses said. They said the gunmen opened fire as about 200 Hamas activists and armed men were preparing for a rally in the city of Nablus. There was no immediate comment from Fatah. Violence between the rival factions has erupted since.....

Limitless Updates

India News

News Archives

Japan shuts units at top nuke plant after quake

Monday, July 16, 2007,14:52 [IST]

Tokyo, July 16: Tokyo Electric Power Co has shut down three major generators at the world's biggest nuclear power plant after today's powerful earthquake in Japan caused a brief fire in one of the units, company officials said. The company, Asia's biggest utility, said there there was no radiation leakage at the facility after a fire hit a transformer at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa No 3 nuclear generation unit. The fire was quickly extinguished, it said......