Delhi Blaze: Delhi hotel fire traps guests in sleep, kills 17

The bodies of victims who died in an early morning hotel fire are brought to a mortuary at Lady Hardinge Hospital in New Delhi on February 12, 2019. - At least 17 people died when a fire ripped through a budget hotel in Delhi on February 12, with victims

A massive fire swept through a four-floor hotel in central Delhi-s Karol Bagh in the early hours of Tuesday, killing at least 17 guests, including two people who jumped off the building in a desperate bid to save themselves, officials said.

A child was among those killed in the blaze that started on the first floor of the Arpit Palace Hotel around 3.30 am, trapping many guests who were deep in sleep, a fire official said.

The child, as well as the two people who jumped, are yet to be identified. Preliminary investigation suggested a suspected short circuit could have sparked the fire, in which 35 people were injured, civic officials added.

Hotel-s exit too narrow: Alphons
Union minister K J Alphons on Tuesday said the emergency exit of the Arpit Palace Hotel, where 17 people were killed in a fire that broke out early on Tuesday, was "too narrow" and also locked. The minister, who visited the site of the tragedy in central Delhi-s Karol Bagh locality, said he was sure that there would be violation of norms.

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