Fire Breaks Out At BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad's House, Blaze Brought Under Control

New Delhi: A fire broke out at BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad's residence in the early hours of Wednesday.

Three teams of the Delhi Fire Services reached the spot and the blaze has been brought under control.

The Delhi Police forensics team are at the spot and the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. 

Ravi Shankar Prasad and his family was not a home during the incident. 

“Today, a fire broke out in an outer room of my Delhi residence, possibly due to a short circuit, which has caused damage to some household items. I myself, my wife, and my son are in Patna. This morning, the fire brigade quickly intervened and extinguished the fire, and the rest of the investigation is ongoing. We are all safe. Thank you to everyone for your well wishes,” he said in a post on X.

Earlier on Tuesday, two people lost their lives after a massive fire broke out in a vacant plot of land that was being used to store scrap cardboard and carton boxes in New Delhi's Pitampura village.

The police said that a PCR call reporting the fire was received at the Rani Bagh Police Station. Upon receiving the information, the Station House Officer (SHO) of the police station, along with his team, immediately rushed to the spot. Considering the severity of the fire, six fire tenders were deployed to the scene, following which firefighting operations commenced.

During the rescue operation, five people were found severely burnt and were immediately rushed to Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial (BJRM) Hospital in Jahangirpuri. At the hospital, doctors declared two people dead, while three others are undergoing treatment.

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