Summary:
The fire department received information at 4.07 am, following which four fire tenders arrived at the scene in Delhi`s Old Seemapuri area, to bring the fire under control.
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In a sad incident in Delhi, four members of a family were killed in a massive house fire that took place in the early hours of the morning in Delhi.
The fire broke out at 4 am today, officials said.
The fire department received information at 4.07 am, following which four fire tenders arrived at the scene in Delhi`s Old Seemapuri area, to bring the fire under control.
All four bodies were recovered by the fire department from a room on the third floor of the three-storey building, officials said.
According to the fire department, the four members of the family died of suffocation.
The victims have been identified as 58-year-old Horilal, his 55-year-old wife Reena, their 24-year-old son Ashu and 18-year-old daughter Rohini.
Another member of the family, Horilal and Reena`s son Akshay, aged 22, survived the fire, as he was sleeping on the second floor of the three-storey building, and the fire was contained to the top floor where the rest of the family was sleeping.
Horilal was a Class IV employee in Shastri Bhavan and was to retire in March 2022, while his wife was a sweeper in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
Their son Ashu was still looking for work while Rohini was in the 12th standard in a government school in Seemapuri.
Akshay currently works as a labourer.
All the bodies have now been sent for a post-mortem.
Preliminary investigations suggest that cause of the incident was a mosquito coil catching fire and filling up with smoke.
The police have registered a case under 436 and 304A of the Indian Penal Code, and an investigation is currently underway.
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