300 Vehicles Gutted In Fire At Delhi’s Police Training Centre

New Delhi: A major fire broke out at the Wazirabad police training centre malkhana (space where seized vehicles were kept) on Thursday afternoon, gutting 125 four-wheelers and 175 two-wheelers, but no one was injured. The fire was put out after a four-hour operation, Hindustan Times reported quoting fire department officials.

This was the second time the malkhana caught fire, with the first instance reported in January.

Police said the malkhana was under the Sonia Vihar police station’s jurisdiction in northeast Delhi, and case properties of all police stations located close by were brought here due to the paucity of space. “That’s the reason the malkhana had hundreds of vehicles. About 125 four-wheelers and 175 two-wheelers got burnt in the fire. They were all case properties of west district,” a police officer, requesting anonymity, said.

The exact numbers will be ascertained in due course, the report added.

According to fire department officials, the blaze was reported at 2.37 pm, following which 10 fire tenders were deployed and the fire was doused by 6.25 pm.

In the January incident, about 300 vehicles that were case property of outer district police were gutted. A case was also registered.