NEW DELHI - The Delhi government will launch a crackdown on properties violating fire safety norms after a fire at a hotel in the Indian capital killed 21 people on Wednesday, including 12 foreign nationals, the chief minister’s office said.
The blaze — the deadliest the city has seen since 2022 — broke out at Flourish Stay, a bed-and-breakfast in the congested Malviya Nagar neighbourhood in the south of the city, which is popular among patients being treated at a hospital nearby and their relatives.