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Building catches fire; collapses

Staff Reporter

AT WORK: Firemen dousing a fire in a Delhi godown on Tuesday. Photo: V. Sudershan

NEW DELHI: A three-storey building collapsed in a fire at Sitaram Bazar in the Walled City of Delhi on Tuesday.

According to the Fire Department, the fire broke out at 7-45 a.m. in a plastic pipes godown in Sitaram Bazar.

It took 25 fire tenders over three hours to douse the flames.

While the fire fighting operation was still on, the building suddenly collapsed. However no one was hurt.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

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