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Fire engulfs Indian Air Force office in New Delhi

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NEW DELHI: A building here housing an office of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and several other government offices, caught fire today, reported Indian media.

According to the local authorities in New Delhi, the fire started on the fifth floor of the building and has not yet been brought under control. Authorities said that the fire claimed life of a resident of the building while a few injured.

Many government offices, including a branch of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Indian water and sanitation and forest ministries and its national disaster response force are housed in the building.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.