New Delhi, March 27 A fire that broke out in a four-story building in the Tri Nagar area of north Delhi on Friday morning left six people, including a three-year-old child, with burns, officials said.
Police suspect a short circuit in the electric water motor caused the fire.
The injured people – two men, three women and a girl – were admitted to Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital.
They were identified as Bharat Lal (32), Anita (55), Pritam Lal (30), Vandana (24), Moni (27) and Somiya (3), officials said.
The injured women were later referred to Safdarjung Hospital.
The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said they received a call at 7:10 am regarding a fire in the Ganeshpura area of Tri Nagar. Three fire tenders were dispatched to the spot and the blaze was brought under control by 7:45 am, a DFS officer said.
Police said they received a PCR call about some people trapped inside a burning house. The personnel who reached the spot found a fire brigade team already engaged in firefighting.
The fire gutted electrical wiring, household items, and a motorcycle parked near the staircase of the building that stood on a 50 square yard plot, while a saree shop on the ground floor remained unaffected, police said.
The injured people were living on the second floor, while another tenant resided on the third.
Police said, prima facie, the fire appears to have been caused by a short circuit in the electric water motor installed near the staircase, where cosmetic items were stored. The motorcycle parked nearby may have further fuelled the flames, they said.