New Delhi: For several foreign nationals staying at the two properties, survival came down to a matter of minutes. Some stepped out shortly before the blaze erupted, while others were fortuitously away, tending to relatives in hospitals.As they gathered outside the charred structures on Wednesday, relief at having escaped the tragedy was tempered by anxiety…
NEW DELHI: A deadly blaze ripped through a ‘bed and breakfast’ facility in south Delhi’s densely populated Hauz Rani Wednesday morning, claiming 21 lives and leaving 20 others severely injured. The fire erupted at Flourish Stay Bed & Breakfast, which had around 50 guests at the time, and spread to an adjacent inn.At least nine…
Abhinav RajputNew Delhi: The Hauz Rani building that was gutted in a massive blaze on Wednesday morning was registered under Delhi govt’s bed and breakfast scheme but had way more guests that it was permitted to keep. The fire has raised questions about how many similar outlets flout safety and other regulations.More than 2,500 rooms…
NEW DELHI: What was a family gathering to spend time with a gravely ill elder — 75year-old Radheshyam, undergoing treatment for lung infection at Max Hospital, Saket — turned into a catastrophe for the Aggarwals. Eight of the family, all staying in the ill-fated hotel, died in the fire.Sitting in the waiting area of the…
Surrounding area from the fire incident at Malviya Nagar New Delhi: The hotel where Wednesday’s fire claimed 21 lives was far from isolated. A walk through the neighbourhood revealed dozens of budget hotels, guest houses and hostels operating from similar multi-storeyed buildings packed into narrow lanes, many sharing the same layout of cramped interiors, a…
New Delhi: For firefighters, police personnel and other first responders, it was a race against time as they battled a massive blaze while simultaneously searching for people trapped inside the building. Each passing minute meant more lives were at stake, and increased chances of the fire spreading to adjacent buildings.On one of the upper floors…
NEW DELHI: Local traders, neighbours and labourers in the area were the first responders on Wednesday when the flames tore through Flourish Stay Bed and Breakfast. Bricks, ropes, mattresses, bedsheets and the burning will to help were what they had.Standing in the lane where the fire broke out, Mansur showed videos he had recorded during…
New Delhi: Screams echoed through the narrow lanes of Hauz Rani on Wednesday morning, with people hanging from windows and jumping from upper floors in a desperate bid to escape the flames.Hours later, the impact of the fire was visible — the building’s exterior had been blackened while shattered glass and debris lay scattered across…
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and police personnel at the site of a devastating fire in a multi-storey building housing a hotel and a restaurant in Malviya Nagar New Delhi: Illegal construction, a locked terrace, no fire safety certificate, a single entry and exit point, and a lack of basic firefighting systems — Flourish Stay…
A fire broke out at a bed-and-breakfast in a five-storey building in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area New Delhi: Several hospitals activated emergency protocols to treat the Malviya Nagar fire victims who were severely burnt, had inhaled smoke and had trauma injuries.Patients were sent to major tertiary-care centres depending on the severity of the injuries…
