Ringing phones and crying victim lead rescuers to trapped workers

Delhi | Monday | 9th December, 2019

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New Delhi: Ringing phones and crying victim were the clues that helped fire officials locate the spot where workers were trapped in the flaming factory building which left 43 dead and 16 injured on Sunday morning. DFS rescuers told Millennium Post that visibility inside the factory was very poor due to the billowing smoke and heat. It was the first clue through which we reached out to the trapped people," said Ashish Kumar, a DFS official. Later, they came to know that more people were trapped and went inside to continue their rescue operation. "The victims' family members told us that their relatives who were trapped inside the building had made phone calls to them and told them about the place they were trapped," said Kumar..