200 huts gutted, goods train catches fire

  • 21/02/2005

  • Tribune (New Delhi)

A raging fire in a slum cluster destroyed 200 huts besides engulfing a goods train this evening near Lajpat Nagar in South Delhi.The police sources said that the fire initially took place in one of the huts in the slum cluster along the railway track.It spread fast and gutted around 200 huts in the area.Ten fire-tenders were sent to control the fire and it took two hours to douse it.