Three elderly persons, including a married couple, died in two separate fire incidents in east and south-east Delhi on Wednesday, the police said.
In the first incident, a couple died after a fire broke out at their residence in east Delhi’s Shahdara area. The victims were identified as Prem Sagar Malhotra, 75, and his 65-year-old wife, Asha Malhotra, residents of Shivpuri in the Jagatpuri locality.
“They were taken to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said.
Preliminary inquiries suggested the couple died due to smoke inhalation. While the exact cause of the fire is under investigation, officials suspect it may have been triggered by an LPG cylinder burst. Firefighters managed to contain the blaze and prevented it from spreading to neighbouring houses in the congested area.
In another incident, a 72-year-old woman died, and several vehicles were gutted after a fire broke out at a four-storey residential building in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh area.
