Twenty persons died in a fire that broke out in a building in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area on Wednesday, ANI quoted Delhi Police as saying.Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Malviya Nagar Satish Upadhyay told ANI that 47 persons were rescued from the multi-story building. The fire was brought under control quickly, the news agency quoted Fire Officer AK Malik as saying. The cause of the fire was unclear.Foreign citizens were among the persons present in the building.Based on preliminary inquiries the building did not appear to be a residential structure, Malik said. “Rather, it appears that most of the occupants were individuals whose known people were being treated in the MAX Hospital located directly across the street,” he was quoted as saying. “Therefore, it is likely that these individuals were staying here for that specific purpose...”Some persons were rescued from the basement of a restaurant in the building, PTI quoted a Delhi Fire Service official as saying.— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 3, 2026
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the teams of Delhi Fire Service, police the Delhi Disaster Management Authority had been mobilised and a rescue operation was undertaken. “Their swift response helped in rescuing and evacuating several persons from the affected premises,” Gupta said on social media.The Delhi government was monitoring the situation, she said.Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the PM National Relief Fund for the families of those who had died. The injured would be given Rs 50,000, the prime minister’s office said.Edited by Nachiket Deuskar and Tanya Shrivastava.This is a developing story. It will be updated as new details become available.
