Overview
- Flames and thick smoke were confined to the 9th–12th floors of the 13-storey JNS/JMS Business Centre, with firefighters using aerial platforms and breathing apparatus.
- Officials reported no injuries, saying 10–15 people were initially stranded in another wing and at least 24 were later escorted out safely via stairwells.
- A separate high-rise blaze in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram was contained within about an hour, with residents evacuated and a preliminary probe pointing to combustible balcony fibre sheets.
- In Bhubaneswar, a fire at the Unit-I Haat destroyed around 30 shops as 11 tenders and 140 personnel were deployed, with no casualties reported.
- Authorities are investigating market and slum fires in Dhubri, Bhubaneswar and Delhi for possible electrical faults, temporary combustible structures or Diwali-related ignition, as traders cite heavy uninsured losses.