According to authorities and broadcaster CNN-News18, a hotel fire in New Delhi on Wednesday claimed the lives of at least 21 people, including 18 foreign visitors. This was one of the biggest disasters to occur in the nation’s capital since 2022. According to the broadcaster, the deceased included individuals from Mozambique, Liberia, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. Reuters was unable to verify the victims’ nationalities immediately. Witnesses reported that residents of Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, were dragging mattresses from a nearby store to break their fall as several others leaped out of the blazing building to escape the flames. Witness Sher Khan stated, “A woman from the third floor jumped on it with a small child after people spread mattresses.
As the skyscraper caught fire and smoke billowed out, television video showed two people leaping from a higher storey of the structure. The fire started on the ground and first floors of the four-story building, trapping individuals on higher stories, according to locals who assisted in the initial rescue. As a hotel fire in New Delhi spreads due to electrical sparks, locals and onlookers flee for safety. AP “This place has a mattress store. A nearby neighbor named Wasim Raja told news agency ANI, “We took the mattresses from there and laid them on the road to help those who were jumping…out of the building.
Ten fire tenders were sent to the scene as soon as they received the information. The fire was quickly contained. AAP leader Somnath Bharti posted on X, saying, “There may be casualties from the massive fire in a multi-story building in Hauzrani, my assembly constituency, today around 8.30 a.m.” mostly citizens of South Africa.
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