8 months ago
Fire Guts Apartment in Baguiati Complex
A fire started in an apartment in a housing complex in Baguiati early on Tuesday morning.
The fire began from an electrical room heater, and the apartment was gutted by the time firefighters could enter.
Two children who were inside the apartment managed to escape, but the digitally locked door delayed the firefighters' efforts.
The exact cause of the fire is still being investigated.
Residents were worried that the flames would spread to other apartments.
The police advised people to be careful with heating devices and to keep windows open to prevent such incidents.
A fire gutted an apartment on the fifth floor of a building in the Parvati Vihar housing complex at Baguiati early on Tuesday morning.
Two children (16-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl) were inside the apartment and managed to escape, but the digitally locked door delayed firefighters' access.
The fire was apparently started by an electrical room heater, possibly due to an electrical short circuit.
Firefighters broke window panes and forced open the door to douse the flames, but the apartment was already gutted by the time they entered.
The exact cause of the fire will be ascertained after a forensic examination of the spot.
- Who
- Two children (16-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl) were inside the apartment; their parents were not at home.
- What
- A fire gutted an apartment on the fifth floor of a building in a housing complex at Baguiati.
- Where
- Parvati Vihar housing complex, Baguiati.
- When
- Around 3 am on Tuesday.
- Why
- The fire was apparently started by an electrical room heater, possibly due to an electrical short circuit.
Key facts
- Location
- Parvati Vihar housing complex, Baguiati
- Time of Incident
- Around 3 am on Tuesday
- Victims
- Two children (16-year-old boy and 10-year-old girl)
- Cause of Fire
- Electrical room heater (suspected electrical short circuit)
- Response
- Firefighters broke window panes and forced open the door to douse the flames
- Forensic Examination
- Scheduled after the cooling of the apartment
Quotes
One resident
A resident of Bengali Basti, northwest Delhi
“The fire started at the electric pole at the entrance of the basti. The media reported that the fire was caused by an LPG cylinder explosion, but the fire had started before the cylinders started to explode.”
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“It is difficult to go to work. The police come, they say we are Bangladeshis, and detain people. We are being branded Bangladeshi even after showing all identification proof.”
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Beena Bibi
A resident of Bengali Basti, northwest Delhi
“At night, the cold dew falls on us from the roof, but what do we do? We are exposed to the dew and the cold throughout the night until we can build our houses. Our kids are coming down with cough, cold and fever. Our pillows and beds get drenched overnight and we end up sleeping in that.”
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“We are also scared of being evicted, but we are from West Bengal; we are not from Bangladesh, so we shouldn’t have anything to be afraid of.”
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