On Thursday night, a fire broke out at a multi-story structure in the Pitampura neighbourhood of northwest Delhi, leaving six people dead and one wounded, according to officials.
They claimed that the cause of the fire, which started on the building’s first level, was yet unknown.
Eight fire tenders were called to the scene at 8 p.m. about the incident at Plot No. 37, ZP Block, Pitampura, according to the fire officials.
With the help of the local police, seven individuals were saved and sent to Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital. At the hospital, six of them, four of them women were announce dead, according to a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) spokesman.
An further DFS officer stated that the cooling process had started and the fire had been extinguished in an hour.
According to a police officer, the building’s first level caught fire, and the three stories above it were completely enveloped in smoke.
Preliminary reports indicate that two distinct families were among the deceased in the tragedy. According to him, the deceased ranged in age from 25 to 60.
He added that there was a parking lot on the bottom floor and that residents occupied the other stories. Police stated that more investigation is being conducted.
