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Dozens die as blaze guts office building in India capital Delhi | Dozens die as blaze guts office building in India capital Delhi |
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A fire engine at the scene | A fire engine at the scene |
Fire has swept through a four-storey office building in Delhi, killing at least 27 people and injuring at least 12, emergency services say. | |
More than 70 people were in the building when the fire started and police broke windows and used ropes to rescue people. | |
Some 20 fire engines were used to put out the blaze near Mundka metro station in the west of India's capital. | |
A short circuit is thought to have started the fire. | |
Indian media report that two arrests have been made. | |
Offering his condolences over the loss of lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised 200,000 rupees (£2,118; $2,580) to next-of-kin in compensation for each death. | |
After the fire was extinguished, a rescue operation continued. "It will take time given the vastness of the area," Sunil Choudhary, deputy chief fire officer, was quoted as saying by Times of India. | |
Most of the bodies were reportedly found on the second. | |
Local official Jogi Ram Jain, said preliminary reports suggested a short circuit had caused the fire and that the building did not have proper fire safety certification. | |
"We have initiated an inquiry and if any municipal officials are found to be at fault, strict action will be taken," he was quoted as saying by the Hindustan Times. |