Three persons, including a minor, were killed and 12 others injured on Wednesday in a blaze that engulfed a residential building here, police said.
"The four-storey building in Shahdara caught fire due to an electrical fault as some battery-rickshaw drivers were charging their vehicles on the ground floor," a police official told IANS.
"The building housed four families, all relatives, and a tenant family," he said.
The fire department received the call at 5.06 a.m. Six fire tenders were pressed into service and the blaze was completely doused by 6.30 a.m., a fire official said.
The deceased were identified as Devi Krishna, 8, Sanjay, 36, and Rajnish, 30.
The injured, including several minors, were admitted to GTB Hospital and one other nursing home nearby.
Two minors, Khushi, 9, and Anshu, 11, were admitted to Shanti Nursing Home, while one-year-old Parul was admitted to GTB hospital.
The other injured admitted in GTB hospital included five women and four men.
--IANS
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