Four persons, including two children killed in fire at three-storey building in Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar

Delhi Fire Service officials say the bire broke out around 10.14pm on Friday due to short circuit.

Four persons, including two children, died in two separate fire incidents in south and northwest Delhi, a fire department official said on Saturday.

Family members were sleeping when the building caught fire in west Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar at 10.14pm on Friday . (ANI/Twitter)

In the first incident, a boy and his sister were charred to death after an air conditioner compressor exploded at their home in northwest Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar area, the official said.

A call was received at 11.15 pm about the fire and it was doused within an hour, he said.

In the second incident, two people died in a fire at a tent godown in south Delhi’s Kotla Mubarakpur area, he said.

A call was received at 3 am about the blaze and 10 fire-tenders were rushed. The fire was doused by 5.45 am, he added.