20201218 Two children die as house catches fire in southwest Delhi
India Dec 18 2020 “Building” “Houses”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Two children die as house catches fire in southwest Delhi
Updated: 2020–12–19
The room where the fire broke out had shoemaking material
NEW DELHI: Two children aged five and six died due to asphyxia after a house caught fire in southwest Delhi’s Sagarpur on Friday afternoon. The other occupants of the house were rescued, officials said.
The fire department received the call around 3.10pm and the blaze was brought under control by 3.35pm, Delhi fire chief Atul Garg said.
The room where the fire broke out had shoemaking material, which aggravated the blaze. A short circuit is suspected to have triggered the fire and an inquiry is being conducted in this regard.
After the locals spotted the fire, local police were informed and a few of the occupants were rescued from the upper floor by them but the two kids got trapped in the room at the ground floor where rubber and other inflammable objects belonging to their father, a shoemaker, were kept.
Both children were taken to nearby Shakuntala Hospital and later they were shifted to DDU where they were declared brought dead. The deceased have been identified as Ayush (5) and Shriansh (6).
The family had shifted to the rented accommodation on December 1. Officials denied that there was an illegal factory functioning there.
Police have filed an FIR and are investigating the negligence angle.
Web Source: The times of India