The Delhi Fire Services faced multiple challenges during the rescue operation at a coaching centre where three civil services aspirants died after the basement of the centre was flooded following rain in central Delhi, officials said on Sunday.
"It was around 7.10 pm, when we got a call from the area magistrate about the rescue operation. Though it was not a fire-related incident, we rushed five fire tenders on humanitarian grounds," DFS chief Atul Garg told PTI.
Garg further said that the major challenge was to pump out the water from the basement.
"Our pumping machines can pump the water out... But due to heavy rain, the water level on the road and the basement was equal. When we started pumping out the water, it again gushed at the same location," Garg said.
He further said the fire fighters had to wait more than half an hour to drain the water accumulated on the streets due to heavy rain.
As the water on the streets got drained naturally, fire fighters immediately launched the
