Around 1,300 cartons carrying 15,600 bottles of beer were destroyed after a truck carrying them caught fire in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district. This resulted in an estimated loss of goods worth Rs.15 lakh and the truck was also completely destroyed, an excise department officer said. The driver of the truck was also injured in the incident.

A major fire broke out in a medical shop in the state-run SMS Hospital premises on Friday morning following which the hospital administration shifted 125 patients to another ward, officials said. While hospital and fire officials said there was no loss of life in the fire incident, family members of a patient who died early morning alleged that smoke and suffocation caused his death.

A major fire broke-out at a-chemical-factory in south west Delhi this morning. Thirty fire engines are at the location in Naraina Industrial Area to control the fire. Thick, black plumes of smoke were seen rising-up from the building. Locals and motorists had to cover their faces because of the heavy smoke. Videos shared on Twitter showed the smoke seen from the arterial Ring Road.