Overview
- Faridabad police registered a case against the owners and managers of Shree Kalkaji Lubricants and Shiv Steels after a chain of blasts injured at least 37 people, including three police personnel and two firefighters.
- Officials said sparks from a steel‑cutting/CNC machine ignited chemical and lubricant drums, triggering explosions that gutted parts of the unit and charred nearby vehicles, with critical burn patients moved to AIIMS and Safdarjung via green corridors.
- In Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi, seven workers died at a unit illegally making firecrackers inside a premises registered for garments, with the owner, manager, labour contractor and operator booked for murder as forensic teams work on identification and Bihar announced ex‑gratia for victims’ families.
- Delhi’s Inderlok industrial area saw a major plastic‑factory fire brought under control by the Delhi Fire Services with 23 tenders deployed and no reported casualties as cooling operations continued.
- Separate incidents included a Bhopal wedding‑venue fire tied to a suspected short circuit and LPG blast at a resort found operating without a fire safety audit, an ISBT‑area warehouse blaze in Bhopal with no injuries, and a Kozhikode textile‑showroom fire that prompted evacuations with no casualties reported.