A fire broke out after an AC compressor blasted in a house in West Delhi’s Ramesh Nagar on Wednesday evening. Three persons have sustained serious burn injuries, one of them received 90 per cent injuries and his condition has been deemed critical.
According to the fire department, they got a call at 6 pm and the local police along with three fire tenders immediately rushed to the spot. “It took the fire tenders around 40 minutes to control the situation. The victims have been identified as Tata (24), Sanjay (29) and Santosh (29),” said a senior at fire department.
Although, the exact cause of fire has not been ascertained yet, but prima facie it appears that the short circuit may have led to it. Tata suffered 90 per cent burns, while Sanjay and Santosh suffered 40 and 60 per cent burns respectively.