Fire at banquet hall injures four

A fire broke out at a banquet hall in northwest Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar area on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least four people with injuries, police said.

The condition of one injured person is stated to be serious, they said.

A PCR call regarding the blaze was received at around 12.50 pm, following which local police teams rushed to the spot and found that three fire tenders had already reached there, they said, adding that the fire was doused by then.

Initially, no injured person was found at the scene, a police officer said.

During a preliminary enquiry, police were informed that two injured persons had been taken to a hospital. However, no confirmation regarding their admission was immediately available from nearby hospitals, the officer added.

Later in the day, at around 4 pm, another call was relayed through the Prashant Vihar police station, indicating that four persons had sustained burn injuries during a ‘Bhandara’ (community feast) held at a banquet in the area. The incident was stated to be linked to the same fire, police said.