The national Capital on Saturday reported three fire incidents in which three workers were killed and six injured. In the first incident that took place at a food processing unit in the Narela Industrial Area in the early hours of Saturday in which three workers were killed and six injured while no casuality reported in the other two fire incidents. The second fire incident has been reported in east Krishna Nagar while the third incident report in Shaheen Bagh area.

The police received a distress call at 3:35 am about the fire at the factory of Shayam Kripa Foods Private Limited, which processes dry moong dal, the police said.The fire engulfed the factory, trapping some workers inside, a police officer said.Fourteen fire tenders were pressed into service and the blaze was doused by noon, a Delhi Fire Services official said.He said nine people were rescued from the building and admitted to Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital in Narela.

The police officer said three of them -- Shyam (24), Ram Singh (30) and Beerpal (42) -- were declared dead while the others are undergoing treatment.The injured -- Pushpender (26), Akash (19), Mohit Kumar (21), Ravi Kumar (19), Monu (25) and Lalu (32) are undergoing treatment at Safdarjung Hospital for burn injuries, he added.

Preliminary investigations suggest that the blaze started after a gas leak from one of the pipelines. The pipelines supplied gas to burners used for roasting the moong dal, the officer said.As the fire spread, it caused the compressor to overheat, resulting in a blast, he said.

The factory owners have been identified as Rohini residents Ankit Gupta and Vinay Gupta.A case is being registered under appropriate sections and investigation taken up, the officer said.

In another incident, a fire broke out at a house in East Delhi's Krishna Nagar Area on Saturday afternoon. They said no one was injured in the incident.