The ongoing World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos was rocked by an emergency on Wednesday night after a small fire in the Congress Centre triggered Emergency response services, eventually leading authorities to evacuate the people in the building.
Local fire services, which were called into action in the wake of this incident, said the operation was carried out smoothly and the evacuations were made as a precaution.
Various other measures were taken, including specialised smoke-response teams after a fire that was believed to have broken out in a wooden hut near the conference centre. The exact cause of the incident, though, has not been disclosed.
As per media reports, the fire incident did not impact any of the top leaders attending the conference, including United States President Donald Trump, whose hour-long speech was one of the key highlights of this WEF.
📍Davos | #Watch: Conference centre at the World Economic Forum evacuated after a small fire broke out near the venue leaving the guests coughing. Fire tenders rushed to the spot and the contained fire was doused immediately by emergency services pic.twitter.com/8Sj3vid9bl
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After his speech, Trump also met NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, notably announcing progress on a long-term framework deal related to Greenland.
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Various Indian leaders have also attended the WEF, including the likes of Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, Bharti Airtel Enterprises' Sunil Bharti Mittal, Infosys CEO Salil Parekh and Mahindra Group's Anish Shah, among others.
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