NEW DELHI, Feb 16, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Eleven people were killed in a fire thatripped through a paint factory in India's capital, an official said Friday,with rescue teams still searching for survivors. "There was a blast in the paint factory and the building collapsed. Thevictims were labourers in the factory," Garg said. More than 40 people died in a fire in a factory making school bags and shoesin Delhi in 2019. One of India's worst fires was in 1985 at a school in the northern state ofHaryana where 442 people died, 258 of them children.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 16, 2024 18:22 UTC