A terrible fire accident that broke out in the early morning hours left four persons dead in the Old Seemapuri area in Delhi on October 26th.
Four people have died after a fire broke out on the third floor of a 25-yard house in the Old Seemapuri area during the early hours of the morning say the Delhi police on Tuesday.
According to the police statement, domestic articles caught fire in a room on the third floor which lead to four people getting suffocated in the smoke.
All the four died on the spot immediately. The bodies were shifted to GTB Hospital mortuary, Delhi Fire Service said. The deceased have been identified as Hori Lal (59), Reena (55), Aasu (24), and Roshni (18). Hori Lal was a peon in Shastri Bhawan and Reena used to work as a sweeper in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).
After receiving the report, the teams of Delhi Police and Delhi Fire Services rushed to the site and brought the fire under control. The scene of the incident was inspected by DFS, crime, and FSL teams, police said.
Akshay, the only surviving member of the family, works as a laborer in Safiabad. He had come home at around 2 am after work. He went to the third floor to get food and later slept on the second floor. He survived since the fire did not spread from the third floor of the building, police said.
Horilal was working as a peon in Shastri Bhawan, Delhi, and was due to retire in March 2022. His wife worked as a sweeper in MCD. His daughter was a class 12 student at a government school while his son was unemployed, they said.
All the bodies have been shifted to Guru Teg Bahadur hospital mortuary for post-mortem, they said. A case has been registered under IPC section 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house) and 304A (causing death by negligence), the DCP said.
Police said the fire might have broken out and spread across the third floor of the building. The victims might have died due to inhaling smoke, but only the post-mortem report will be able to ascertain the exact cause of death.
