At least 27 persons were killed and 12 injured when a massive fire broke out in a four-storey commercial building near Mundka metro station in Delhi’s Outer district on Friday evening, the Delhi police said.
DCP (Outer) Sameer Sharma said 50 persons had been rescued so far. The building had office spaces for several companies and the fire broke out on the first floor, which housed a company that manufactured CCTV cameras and routers. The company owners Harish Goel and Varun Goel have been detained, the police said. Mr. Sharma said the windows of the building had to be broken to rescue people. The police said some people were still trapped in the building.
According to Delhi Fire Services chief Atul Garg, information about the blaze was received around 4.40 p.m. Fire officials said 30 fire tenders were rushed to the site and the injured have been admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Mangolpuri. Health Minister Satyendar Jain tweeted around 10.50 p.m. that “the fire was doused”.
