One person died in Delhi on Friday after a fire broke out in a factory in Pratap Nagar area, ANI reported. Rescue operations were under way with as many as 28 fire tenders deployed to douse the blaze.
A Delhi Fire Services officer Rajinder Atwal told the news agency that a firefighter was also injured during the operation. He has been admitted to a nearby hospital, Atwal said.
The officer said that eyewitnesses told him that an LPG cylinder exploded, following which the fire broke out.
More details awaited.

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