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Saket Showroom Fire: At Least 16 Rescued Near Metro Station; Cause Under Investigation
A fire near Saket Metro Station prompted a multi-agency response and evacuation. Later hospital reporting gives a clear treatment outcome: all eight people brought to Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital were discharged. The public record does not establish the ignition source.
2026-11-06South Delhi, IndiaReviewed by HowToSurvive
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Fire & Explosion · Building housing Kia and garment showrooms near Gate 2 of Saket Metro Station, Saidulajab, South Delhi, India. Map is metro-station area context only. · 2026-11-06
A fire near Saket Metro Station prompted a multi-agency response and evacuation. Later hospital reporting gives a clear treatment outcome: all eight people brought…
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Industrial & Workplace · Leamak manufacturing plant, reported near Matoda/Changodar on the Ahmedabad–Bavla Road, Ahmedabad district, Gujarat, India. Map is Ahmedabad-area context only, not a verified site coordinate. · 2026-11-06
A fire at the Leamak plant near Ahmedabad drew fire units from Sanand, Bavla and Ahmedabad. Initial reporting during the response said no casualties…
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Fire & Explosion · Near Sarai Banjara station on the Rajpura–Sirhind rail section, Patiala district, Punjab, India. The map is station-area context only, not an incident-point survey. · 2026-11-06
Fire affected four general coaches of the Amritsar–New Jalpaiguri Karmabhoomi Express (train 12508) near Sarai Banjara. Railway and emergency teams stopped the train, detached…
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Industrial & Workplace · Intermediate Tank Farm, Tengakhat, Dibrugarh district, Assam, India · 2026-11-06
Oil India said a fire broke out at about 9:05 am while maintenance work was under way at its Tengakhat Intermediate Tank Farm in…
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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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Road & Transport · Karra police-station area, near the Jone-Ludru turn on the Karra-Torpa main road, Khunti district, Jharkhand, India. The map is Karra-area context only, not a surveyed crash coordinate. · 2026-11-05
Police said an 18-wheel truck hit a roadside group in Khunti district after people gathered following an earlier scooter incident near the Jone-Ludru turn.…
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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