Elderly woman killed, son critically injured in Delhi fire

The deceased woman was identified as Mahendra Kaur, aged 78 years.

An elderly woman died and her son was seriously injured after a sudden fire broke out at a flat in Delhi's Kirti Nagar area on Monday night, police said.

Fire breaks out in Delhi. (Satyabrata Tripathy/HT File Photo)

The deceased woman was identified as Mahendra Kaur, aged 78 years, police informed further, adding that her son was in critical condition.

"The fire department received a distress call around 1 am after which our personnel were rushed to the spot. Efforts to control the fire are still underway," a fire department official said.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, said the police.

Further details on the incident are awaited.