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Delhi shoe factory fire kills 4 in Mangolpuri
Hindustan Times·
A fire at a shoe factory in Delhi's Mangolpuri Industrial Area killed four people and left two injured Friday night. Police registered culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 105. Sixteen fire tenders brought the blaze under control around 1am Saturday. The dead were Prem Chand, 50, Harihar, 40, Ashok, 25, and Lal Babu, 38.
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What It Means For You
- Outer Delhi factory workers and nearby residents face a homicide probe after the Mangolpuri blaze.
- Two injured men, Harendra, 35, and Vikas, 21, remain in ICU at Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital.
- DCP Vikram Singh said police are tracing the sequence of events to fix responsibility.
What's Happening
- Control rooms received the fire call around 9.30pm on Friday about a factory in Phase-1.
- Six people were found trapped and unconscious; four were declared dead at hospital.
- A fire official said the blaze was in the basement of a building with ground and three upper floors.
How Rescue Unfolded
- One person was rescued from the third floor and five from a room on the fourth floor.
- Bodies were moved to the hospital mortuary for post-mortem examination.
- The caller first described the site as a garment factory before crews identified a shoe unit.
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