In a tragic incident, nine people lost their lives while two were left critically injured after a massive fire broke out at a cloth godown in Kirari area at around 12:30 am on Monday.
Eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot after a call was received. The fire was brought under control by 3.50 am.
Preliminary probe by police officials suggest that the fire may have started from the ground floor, and an explosion in an LPG cylinder escalated it leading to the several deaths.
The nine people who died in the fire were reportedly from the same family. So far, eight victims have been identified. They are: Ram Chandra Jha, Sundari Devi, Sandhu Jha, Uday Chaudhary, Muskan, Anjali, Adarsh, Tulsi while one woman is yet to be identified.
This is the second major fire incident in the last two weeks. On December 8, a fire at a building in North Delhi’s Anaj Mandi killed 43 people.
