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Fire at BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad’s bungalow in Delhi’s Chanakyapuri

Three fire tenders were rushed to the house and the fire was doused in minutes, said officials

2 min readNew DelhiJan 14, 2026 11:14 AM IST

“The fire was brought under control by 8.35 am. Prima facie, it appears that the blaze broke out in a bedroom before spreading. Crime and Forensic teams are verifying the exact cause of the fire,” DFS officials said. (Screengrab)

A fire broke out at BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad’s bungalow in Delhi’s Chanakyapuri area on Wednesday morning, sources in the fire department said. Three fire tenders were rushed to the house and the fire was doused in minutes, with no one reported injured.

As per the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) officials, a call was received at 8.05 am on Wednesday about a fire breaking out at bungalow number 2 on Mother Teresa Crescent Road in Chanakyapuri. However, DFS officials said, it was later confirmed that the fire broke out at bungalow number 21, the official residence of Prasad, the Patna Sahib MP.

#WATCH | Delhi | Fire tenders and Delhi Police Forensics Team at the spot after a fire broke out at BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad’s residence. Further details awaited. pic.twitter.com/HwkhCw98gI

— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2026

In October last year, a massive fire broke out at Brahmaputra Apartments, where flats have been allotted to several Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs, on Baba Kharak Singh Marg in New Delhi. At least three people were injured in the incident, residents had said. In a statement, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) said the fire reportedly originated due to firecrackers set off by children.

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