Four persons, including two children killed in fire in Delhi
Four persons, including two children, died in two separate fire incidents in south and northwest Delhi, a fire department official confirmed. In the first incident, a boy and his sister were charred to death after an air conditioner compressor exploded at their home in northwest Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar area. A call was received at 11.15 pm about the fire and it was doused within an hour from the house. "Ten fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was doused in an hour. Two children, Akansha, eight, and her elder brother, Sartan, 10, were found dead in the building," said an officer. In the second incident, two people died in a fire at a tent godown in south Delhi’s Kotla Mubarakpur area, he said. A call was received at 3 am about the blaze and 10 fire-tenders were rushed. The fire was doused by 5.45 am, he added. -PTC News
