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Child Among 17 Killed In Fire At Delhi Hotel

DELHI: The top floor of Hotel Arpit Palace in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh, an area popular with tourists caught massive fire early morning today.

At least 17 people were killed and several injured after a fire at a hotel in Delhi’s congested Karol Bagh area early this morning. A woman and a child, among those dead, were killed when they tried jumping from a window, reports said.

More than two dozen fire engines were sent to the spot after the fire broke out on the fourth and fifth floor of Hotel Arpit Palace around 4 am. Most of the 150 people in the 65-room hotel were sleeping at the time, the staff said. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

The fire was brought under control around 7 am. Thirty-five people were rescued and those injured were taken to nearby hospitals.

Most of the deaths took place due to suffocation, the police said.

Several people in the hotel were from Myanmar. At least 35 rooms were booked by a family who were in the city for a function.

“The hotel had clearance only for four floors. They had made a kitchen and terrace on top of it. This is major case of carelessness. Investigation is on. Strict action will be taken against the guilty,” Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, who visited the site, said.