A 25-year-old man died in a fire that broke out inside a printing press in the busy Patparganj Industrial Area of Delhi on early hours of Thursday. Police said the man died due to asphyxiation and has been identified as Phool Dev, a native of Bihar. He was employed as a helper and was asleep when the fire started and he just could not escape.
According to a senior Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official, a call regarding the fire was received at 2:38 am on Thursday following which more than 30 fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
"The fire was brought under control by 8 am. After that, a search was done to see if anyone was trapped in the building. Dev was rushed to nearby hospital but was declared brought dead by the doctors," said the senior DFS official.
"During initial investigation it was revealed the fire had engulfed the ground, first and second floors of the building, except the basement," said the DFS official.
"A police control room (PCR) call was received about fire at Kaveri printing press at 2:45 am, from Yogesh, the manager of the printing press. The press owners have been identified as Atul and Anuj Goyal, residents of Sukhdev Vihar," said.
"The body of Dev has been kept at Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital and the post-mortem will be done once the family reaches here. Further investigation is going on," said a police official.