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Gaffar Market Fire, Delhi: Puri Plaza Shop Blaze Draws 22 to 27 Fire Tenders; No Casualties Reported, Cause Under Examination
A shop fire was reported at Puri Plaza in Gaffar Market, Karol Bagh, early on 6 November 2026. Reports attributed to Delhi Fire Service agree on the place and approximate call time but differ on deployment: 22 units in the Economic Times update and 27 fire tenders in News On AIR's update. Water bowsers and lighting equipment were also reported. Later agency-based coverage said the fire was brought under control, property damage occurred and no casualties had been reported. The exact cause is not established. Battery overheating or overcharging has been described as a preliminary possibility only, pending fire-department, electrical-inspector and forensic examination.
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Fire & Explosion · Puri Plaza, Block 13, Chain Wali Gali, Gaffar Market, Karol Bagh, Delhi, India. Map pin is the Gaffar Market area, not a surveyed shop coordinate. · 2026-11-06
A shop fire was reported at Puri Plaza in Gaffar Market, Karol Bagh, early on 6 November 2026. Reports attributed to Delhi Fire Service…
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Fire & Explosion · Ramwadi (also written Navi Ramwadi), Navayard area, Vadodara, Gujarat; one report places the lane behind Fatehganj police station. The map point is approximate · 2026-11-05
In the early hours of Thursday, 5 November 2026, a parked Honda City caught fire on a residential lane in Ramwadi, in Vadodara's Navayard…
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Building & Structural · Gali Sitara (also Gali Sattara), Sheesh Mahal area, near Chawri Bazar Metro station, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi. The map point is approximate (the Metro station) · 2026-11-05
On the morning of Thursday, 5 November 2026, a three-storey building under construction collapsed in Gali Sitara, Sheesh Mahal area, near Chawri Bazar Metro…
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Natural & Environmental Disaster · Kuwari river near Harlal ka Pura village, Kailaras police station area, Morena district, Madhya Pradesh. The map point is approximate (Kailaras town) · 2026-11-05
At about 5.30 am on Thursday, 5 November 2026, three girls aged about 12, 10 and 12 went to bathe in the Kuwari river…
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Fire & Explosion · GETCO 66 kV Randeri sub-station, Jhagadia taluka, Bharuch district, Gujarat. The map point is the Jhagadia village point from OpenStreetMap; the exact yard is not located and may be a few kilometres away · 2026-11-05
On the morning of Thursday, 5 November 2026, a fire broke out at the 66 kV Randeri sub-station of the Gujarat Energy Transmission Corporation…
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Road & Transport · Gangotri National Highway at Gangnani, Bhatwari tehsil, Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, about 20 metres past the Garam Kund stretch towards Dabrani. The map point is approximate · 2026-11-05
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Road Safety · India-wide: vehicles in canals, ponds, drains and floodwater; no Indian official guidance on escaping a sinking vehicle was found, so Canadian research, UK, US and Jammu and Kashmir flood guidance are used and labelled
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First Aid · India-wide: household burns and scalds; Indian Ministry of Health guidelines for the steps, WHO, NHS and British Red Cross where the Indian text is silent
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Disaster Preparedness · Mount Dukono, North Halmahera, Maluku Utara, Indonesia (Halmahera island), with travel-safety advice for hikers and volcano visitors anywhere
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Digital & Financial Safety · India-wide: fake customer care numbers found through search results, listings and ads, with cases reported from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Hyderabad and Kerala
Fake customer care numbers reach search results through paid ads, edited map listings and look-alike sites. The RBI says contact details on search engines…
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Fire Safety · India-wide: what fire services in Surat, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Pune, Gurugram, Delhi and other places have arranged for Diwali; Delhi, Pune and Ahmedabad call counts
Fire services have cancelled leave and put engines at markets for Diwali 2026 in Surat (about 100 vehicles, 1,000+ staff on cancelled leave), Ahmedabad…
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Road Safety · India-wide: Diwali road accident figures found for Gujarat (108 ambulance data, 2023 and 2025) and Goa (2023), with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways 2023 month-wise national table