One killed, 12 injured in Delhi factory fire

September 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A candle-making factory was razed to the ground following a major fire broke out in Naraina Industrial area here on Saturday. The fire broke out past -midnight.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four labourers were burnt to death Wednesday when the footwear factory they worked in was gutted in west Delhi, police said. Two men were working and five were sleeping in the factory in Sultanpur area at 4.30 a.m.

July 17th, 2009 2 injured in an explosion at a Chicago factoryCHICAGO — Two people have been injured in an explosion at a factory in Chicago that sent bricks and debris flying hundreds of feet in the air. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says the 9 a.m.

July 17th, 2009 Police: 1 injured in explosion at Chicago factoryCHICAGO — Police say at least one person has been injured in an explosion at a factory on the west side of Chicago. Police Officer Robert Perez says the explosion happened just before 9 a.m.

July 8th, 2009 Fire in firecracker factory kills 16 in IndiaNEW DELHI — A fire tore through a firecracker factory in southern India, killing at least 16 people and injuring an additional 25, news reports said Wednesday. The Press Trust of India news agency reported that Tuesday night's blaze occurred in Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

June 23rd, 2009 GURGAON - The Adidas factory on Delhi-Gurgaon National Highway-8 was gutted in a fire Tuesday. There were no casualties, a fire official said.

June 21st, 2009 16 people killed in eastern China factory blastBEIJING — An explosion at a factory in eastern China killed 16 people and injured dozens early Sunday, authorities said. The blast happened at 3 a.m.

June 21st, 2009 HEFEI - At least 16 people were killed and 43 injured in a blast Sunday at a factory in China's Anhui province, an official said. The explosion ripped through the workshop of Jingxin Mining Ltd.

June 21st, 2009 AGRA - Six employees of a shoe factory here were killed and at least 12 others injured early Sunday when the stationary bus they were in was hit by a speeding car transport carrier, police said. The employees were returning home from the factory after their night shift when the accident occurred, police added.

June 4th, 2009 NALAGARH - The death toll in Wednesday's fire in a factory in this Himachal Pradesh town rose to nine as the body of an employee was recovered Thursday, police said. "This morning the body of the lone missing employee of Advantec Ltd was recovered from the debris," Sumedha Dwivedi, senior superintendent of police (Baddi), told IANS.

June 3rd, 2009 NALAGARH - At least eight people were killed when a fire broke out in a factory in this town Wednesday, police said. The Himachal Pradesh government ordered an inquiry into the incident.

June 3rd, 2009 NALAGARH - Five people, including two fire brigade personnel, were killed in a fire that broke out in a factory in this Himachal Pradesh town Wednesday, police said. At least four workers of the factory, which made electrical appliances, were missing and a police officer feared that if they were trapped inside the premises they would be dead.

June 3rd, 2009 NALAGARH - Five people, including two fire brigade personnel, died in a fire that broke out due to a suspected electric short-circuit in a factory in this Himachal Pradesh town Wednesday, police said. At least four workers of the factory, which manufactures air-conditions, were missing and a police officer feared that if they were trapped inside the premises they would be dead.

March 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - One man was killed and 21 others were injured Sunday when a Blueline bus collided with a dumper truck, the police said. The accident took place on Tilak Marg 5.15 a.m.

January 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two labourers were burnt Tuesday when a blast took place in one of the drums kept in a chemical factory in central Delhi, officials said. Minor fire broke out in the godown of the chemical factory in Khari Baoli area around 2.30 p.m.