Latest News | One Killed, Another Injured as Shanties Catch Fire in Delhi's Shakarpur
Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. A person died and an elderly man suffered nearly 30 per cent burn injuries after three shanties were gutted in a fire in east Delhi's Shakarpur area on Monday, police said.
New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) A person died and an elderly man suffered nearly 30 per cent burn injuries after three shanties were gutted in a fire in east Delhi's Shakarpur area on Monday, police said.
A PCR call was received regarding the blaze around 8 pm at the Shakarpur police station, following which the fire department was alerted, a senior police officer said.
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According to preliminary investigation, some tyres caught fire initially, following which the flames engulfed the shanties nearby, the officer said.
One Nathu Lal (62) who was sleeping inside a shanty was rescued with nearly 30 per cent burn injuries, the police said.
After the fire was doused, a charred body was recovered from one of the shanties, they added.
The injured man was hospitalised and the body was taken to a mortuary for identification and post-mortem, the officer said.
"We have launched an investigation to ascertain the cause of the fire incident," the police officer added.
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