Huge fire at greeting card factory in Indian capital

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A massive fire has broken out at a greeting card factory in the Indian capital of Delhi early Thursday, with 30 fire engines working towards controlling the blaze in the Naraina industrial area.

Initial reports have suggested that a telephone switchboard caught fire and the flames spread to other parts of the multi-storey building.​

​​​​​​There have been no immediate reports of casualties.

It comes just days after a massive fire gutted a hotel in Delhi's Karol Bagh area, killing 17 people.

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