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If we see any fire incident in India or globally, the fire occurs and grows by feeding on these three elements and sustains by following the principle of the fire tetrahedron. Fire Departments try to break one or multiple links in this chain to control and suppress the fire. Let’s look at some fire accidents which happened in India recently. FIRE ACCIDENTS According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2015, fire accidents kill 48 Indians every day. Fire accidents have killed over 100,000 Indians in 5 years (2011-2015). The worldwide picture, except in western advanced countries, is also not very promising. Even recently, there have been multiple fire accidents. (Fig 1.2 - factly.in)