Summary:
Garg also said that the entire three-storey hotel, which has 35 rooms, was booked by a family which was in Delhi for a function. A massive fire that broke out at Hotel Arpit Palace in Delhi’s Karol Bagh area early Tuesday morning claimed at least seventeen lives. At least 25 fire tenders responded to a call at 4.30 am to conduct rescue operations. The victims include one woman and child who tried to escape the fire by jumping out a window. Delhi Fire Services chief Atul Garg said the death toll could rise..