Delhi: A garment warehouse in Kiradi area caught fire, killing nine

New Delhi, Dec 23, 2019, Monday

Nine people were reported dead in a fire in a garment warehouse in the Kiradi area of ​​New Delhi on Sunday night.

According to the fire brigade, the fire was caused by a short circuit. This was the second incident of a major fire in capital New Delhi in the last fifteen days.

About twelve o'clock in the night, about twelve o'clock in the fire, about fifteen were injured. If the eyewitness testimony is true, the casualty figures will be even larger. The injured were shifted to Sanjay Gandhi and other hospitals. Some of them are said to be in critical condition.

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The four-story house had a laundry room on the ground floor. The landlord and his tenants also lived in the house. The fire in the warehouse of the garment rapidly swept the entire building, and those inside didn't even get a chance to escape. The dead included women and children, a spokesman for the fire brigade said.

Delhi: Three people have died and 10 have been injured after a fire broke out in a cloth godown at Kirari at around 12:30 am, today. The fire has been doused and the injured has been admitted to the hospital. pic.twitter.com/VDDQW0STAk

- ANI (@ANI) December 22, 2019