New Delhi: At least six people were injured on Thursday morning after a fire broke out at a restaurant in New Delhi’s Connaught Place, police said.
We received a call at 11.55 am regarding a fire broke inside Bikkgane Biryani restaurant in Connaught Place’s P Block, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief said. (Representational Photo/PTI)
All six people with burns are receiving treatment at the RML (Ram Manohar Lohia) Hospital, Atul Garg, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief, said.
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“We received a call at 11.55 am regarding a fire broke inside Bikkgane Biryani restaurant in Connaught Place’s P Block,” Garg said.
A leakage from a LPG cylinder might have led to the fire, an official from the fire department said.
Six fire tenders were pressed to get the blaze under fire. “A total of six fire tenders were rushed after an LPG cylinder leakage was reported and six persons sustained burn injuries due to the fire,” Garg said.
Police identified the victims as Deepak (39), Piyush (31), Mahindra (25), Alam (21), Sairuddin (28) and Janak (26).
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“Deepak and Piyush sustained 70% burn injuries. Mahindra sustained 81% burn injuries while Alam, Sairuddin and Janak sustained less than 30% burn injuries,” the fire official said.
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“Deepak and Piyush sustained 70% burn injuries. Mahindra sustained 81% burn injuries while Alam, Sairuddin and Janak sustained less than 30% burn injuries,” the fire official said.
Jignasa Sinha is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times in New Delhi. With more than six years of reporting experience, she covers crime and policing in the national capital. Her beats also include Delhi prisons, the Delhi Fire Services and Delhi courts, while she regularly reports on gender, labour and social justice. Over the course of her career, Jignasa has reported on major criminal investigations, international crime syndicates, high-profile cyber fraud cases, law-and-order developments, protests, disasters and public institutions. Her reporting combines breaking news with in-depth, long form, human interest stories that examine the human impact of public policy, policing and the criminal justice system. In addition to reporting for the newspaper, she contributes to the Hindustan Times website and app, and plays an active role in coordinating on-ground coverage of major developments and breaking news across Delhi. Before joining Hindustan Times, Jignasa worked at The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi, where she spent five years covering crime, Delhi airport, courts and health. She began her journalism career as an intern at an AI magazine in Bengaluru while pursuing her postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.
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