3 jump to death after fire breaks out in 7th-floor flat in Delhi's Dwarka

Fire broke out in a seventh-floor flat at Shabad Apartment, Sector 13, Dwarka in Delhi. Firefighting is underway. No injuries have been reported so far

Three members of a family, including two children, died after a fire broke out in a flat in a residential apartment in Delhi's Dwarka area on Tuesday. The three jumped from their flat on the seventh floor in panic but could not be saved, news agency PTI reported.  

According to police, two children (a boy and a girl, both aged 10) jumped from the balcony to save themselves. Injured, they were rushed to Akash Hospital, where they were declared dead. Later, their father, Yash Yadav, 35, also jumped from the balcony. He was declared dead at IGI Hospital.

 

Two more people, Yadav's wife and his niece, were rushed to Akash Hospital with injuries. Yadav had flex board business, police said.

 

The fire broke out in a flat of Shabad Apartment in Dwarka's Sector 13 area. 

 

The Delhi Fire Service received a call at 10 am, informing the officials about the blaze at the residential complex. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. 

 

Eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot initially. However, additional fire engines were added after the magnitude of the fire became evident. The firefighting operation is still underway.   Citing a fire official present at the spot, the report said, "The fire could be seen from a long distance. Black smoke was billowing out of the upper floors, and flames were leaping out of the seventh-floor flat."

 

In a separate incident, fire broke out in a factory located in the Mangolpuri Industrial Area, and several fire tenders have rushed to the spot. The rescue operation is currently underway. 

 

These incidents come a day after a fire was reported at Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake metro station on the Pink line. Following the incident, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced that the trains reaching the stations were running at a restricted speed of 25 km/hr, compared to the normal speed of up to 40 km/hr.

 

In a series of posts shared on X, DMRC said, "Train services on Line-7 (Pink Line, i.e., Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar) have been regulated on a small stretch since 11:20 AM today due to smoke being detected in one of the technical rooms at Trilok Puri-Sanjay Lake Metro station."

 

It also added, "Train services on the rest of the Pink Line are running normally. Centralised announcements are frequently made on station premises and inside trains to inform the passengers. Smoke has been dissipated with the help of Delhi fire service personnel as of now, and efforts are on to restore the signalling/AFC in the affected section."