Two men were killed while six members of a family managed to escape with minor injuries when a massive fire broke out at a four storey building in East Delhi's Gandhi Nagar area on late Sunday night.
According to the police, the deceased have been identified as Fezan (22) and Shahmat (30)."
According to the police, the four storey building housed a godown on the ground floor, jeans manufacturing unit on the first and second floor and a family lived on the third floor and the fourth floor.
Nupur Prasad, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Shahdara said, "A call was received at 12am on Sunday at fire in a building in Kailash Nagar area of Gandhi Nagar. Two labourers working in the jeans manufacturing factory were charred to death."
Both the labourers hailed from Sahajanpur. Police said that their bodies have been preserved at the hospital mortuary.
At the time of the incident, the two workers were sleeping on the second floor. Police said that teams from the Forensic Science laboratory visited the spot and collected samples. The cause of the fire is yet to be established but we suspect a short circuit.
A senior Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official said, "We received a call at around 11:52am. 10 fire tenders were pressed into service. It took around an hour to control the blaze. Cooling operations were carried out.There was fire on the first and second floors of the building. Two charred bodies were taken out from the second floor and handed over to the police."
The owner of the factory, Kishore Aggarwal (68) lives on the third floor with his family. At the time of the tragedy, Kishore was at home with his wife, three sons and a daughter. The family was safely rescued by the neighbours.
A senior police officer said that the family of the owner was rescued by the locals who broke open the window on the fourth floor and put a ladder. By using the bamboo ladder, the family was safely rescued.