Hyderabad, May 18, 2025 (ANI): A massive fire broke out in a building at Gulzar House near Charminar in Hyderabad leaving 17 dead on May 18. Union Minister G Kishan Reddy, State Minister Ponnam Prabhakar with Telangana DGP reached the site to take stock of situation. “The fire broke out in a pearl shop owned by a family. Their house was on the floor above the shop. The accident happened due to a short circuit. Many people have died in the accident. Some have been injured... I am not blaming anyone, but since Hyderabad is a rapidly developing city, the police, municipal, fire, and electricity departments should be strengthened....,” said G Kishan Reddy. “The fire broke out around 6 am and by 6:16 am the fire department of the Telangana government was present at the spot. They tried to save everyone. But the fire had spread massively... The majority of the people inside the building have died. The Chief Minister has spoken to the family (who were living in the building that caught fire)…,” said Ponnam Prabhakar.
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00:30There is a fire incident in Krishna Pearl's shop and then residential complex in Guljal
00:48house area.
00:49Around 6.16, fire department got a call, fire call from this local residence and at 6.17,
00:58fire department had dispatched the fire engines, subsequently 11 fire engines were dispatched
01:03along with sufficient staff.
01:05So when they came, there was smoke and fire in the ground floor or people tried to extinguish
01:11the fire along with rescuing the people.
01:14So the fire department has used breathing operators and oxygen masks to rescue the people
01:20and then 11 people were taken out of the first floor and they were shifted to the hospital.
01:25Four people were rescued from the top floor.
01:29So as per the information we got as of now, most of the people could not survive, those
01:34people who shifted to the hospital.
01:36How many casualties reported?
01:38The information is 17 people could not survive.
01:41What is the cause?
01:42What is the reason behind this?
01:43So the cause of fire could be in all probability as per the version of the workers working
01:48here and then the examination, preliminary examination, there is a short circuit at the mains of the
01:56residential and commercial, commercial come residential complex.
02:00So at the mains there was spark and most of the fire happened near the, near the mains and
02:06then two shops nearby.
02:08Sir, Minister Kishan ready cleaning that the fire tender has came late?
02:13See there was a, now I am clarifying, there was a call at 6.16 and 6.17 fire tender was dispatched.
02:20I spoke to the local people also, they said they were here around 6 o'clock.
02:25So people called around 6.16, we know we log everything and then immediately other fire
02:32tenders were also dispatched.
02:34There was no deficiency from the fire department in fighting the fire or trying to rescue the
02:39people.
02:40Rats of the fire department saying that she would lose weight and that her life is
02:52all along the way.
02:54The police arriver were on 4th,hiran, they said they were on this plane.
02:57They are on the train, they said they were on the train, but from the side of the
03:01مر who became an accident, they were on this plane.
03:04I have a lot of people with care and some of the people who have different hospitals,
03:13and I think I have got a lot of people in 6 in the morning,
03:20and I have got people from the family.
03:23This is a reality that the incident is a very sad thing.
03:29I don't want anyone to do it, but the police department, the municipal department, the fire department, the electricity department,
03:39these four departments are located in Hyderabad, because Hyderabad is a big city, and the multi-store buildings are also located,
03:48so it is a developing city. There are 4-4 crore people in our city, and there are many people who come here to visit.
04:04For Hyderabad, we need to support a fire department. The technology and equipment is less than the cost.
04:17आज भी मैं रेखा हूँ जो अधिकारी की परिवार बता रहे,
04:21जो काम करने वाले लोग बता रहे,
04:23साड़े साथ सक पुरे उनका एक्क्विफमेंट नहीं थे,
04:27जो अंदर जो स्मोक की कारण आझ सिसे नहीं रहते हैं,
04:33उसके समय अंदर जाना मुश्किल है Linамuk,
04:34but for this day, we need good technology,
04:40we need the money to pay for the government.
04:42We need to pay for the government to pay for the government,
04:45the government to pay for the equipment,
04:48the government to pay for the staff to pay for the proper training.
04:53And those who have been in the accident today,
04:59I will give them an assistance to the government,
05:04and the government will give a financial assistance to us.
05:10We need the college department to pay for the people.
05:14We need to ask the people who have been told about it.
05:17We need to ask the people who have been told about it.
05:21If we want to ask the people who have been told about it,
05:24then we need to ask them to ask the people.
05:26This is a different place.
05:56This is a different place.
06:26This is a different place.
06:28This is a different place.
06:30This is a different place.
06:32How many people have been there?
06:34In one room, 7 people.
06:36In the other room, 6 people.
06:40How many people have been there?
06:467 people have been there.
06:48They have been there.
06:50They have been there.
06:52Where did you go?
06:54Okay, how many people have been there.
06:56How many people have been here?
06:57No one has been there.
06:59Maybe there is a way behind me.
07:00No one has been there.
07:01It has been there.
07:02We have gone through.
07:03We are truly part of our house.
07:04There is a house in the house.
07:06From the building?
07:07Yes, from the building.
07:08From the house.
07:09From the house.
07:10From the house, we are in the house.