DCW chief visits family of kids killed in fire in NE Delhi

DCW chief Swati Maliwal today visited a slum cluster in northeast Delhi's New Usmanpur area, where three children of a family died in a fire last night, and said she will take up the matter with Delhi State Legal Services Authority to seek compensation for the victims' kin.
"Though nothing can compensate such a huge loss (of lives), we will write to the DLSA seeking compensation for the family of the victims," Maliwal said.
She said it is the "saddest" thing that could ever happen to a family.
"The family is very poor, they had a tarpaulin sheet on their head. So when it burnt, the mother managed to escape but it fell on the children. The mother was inconsolable," she said.

Maliwal said a doctor was called to the spot during her visit and the mother was rushed to a nearby hospital.
The fire broke out around 11.30 pm last night, following which eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Police said a short circuit could have lead to explosions from three cooking gas cylinders.
The deceased have been identified as Reena (10), Meena (7) and six-month-old Mubarak.
Their neighbour's son Shakhuddin also got trapped inside a burning shanty and he is now admitted in a hospital with 60 per cent burn injuries, said police.