Delhi hotel fire: They lived to tell tale of apathy

Delhi | Monday | 11th February, 2019

Summary:

While fleeing, Manish saw hotel staff grabbing fire extinguishers and running towards the second floor. “The hotel staff had fled and there were people waving out of a window on the second floor, calling for help. NEW DELHI: With just a T-shirt and shorts on, Dilip Kumar (52) climbed out of Hotel Arpit Palace to safety, leaving behind all his belongings in room number 101. I bent down a bit and started running towards the exit door I found at the end of the stairs. I had heard some people calling for help and two soft knocks on my door probably from a hotel staffer who had tried to alert us..