Boy, 4, suffocates to death in Delhi fire
Wednesday - June 6, 2018 6:10 pm ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi June 6 (IANS) A four-year-old boy suffocated to death while three other family members were injured early on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a house here a fire officer said.
A call was received at the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) control room regarding a fire in a DDA flat in south Delhi s R.K Puram at 1 a.m. he said adding that three tenders were rushed to the spot and the flames were doused by around 2 a.m.
"Abhinav 4 died due to suffocation while his grandmother Darshana 74 his father Pankaj 37 and mother Swati 34 were injured during the rescue operation at second floor.
"The injured persons are being treated in a private hospital " Station House Officer (SHO) Harish Chander told IANS.
"Prima facie it appears that the fire broke out due to short circuit in wires when the entire family was asleep."
Pankaj works as a stenographer in Udyog Bhavan.
--IANS sp/him/bg
A call was received at the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) control room regarding a fire in a DDA flat in south Delhi s R.K Puram at 1 a.m. he said adding that three tenders were rushed to the spot and the flames were doused by around 2 a.m.
"Abhinav 4 died due to suffocation while his grandmother Darshana 74 his father Pankaj 37 and mother Swati 34 were injured during the rescue operation at second floor.
"The injured persons are being treated in a private hospital " Station House Officer (SHO) Harish Chander told IANS.
"Prima facie it appears that the fire broke out due to short circuit in wires when the entire family was asleep."
Pankaj works as a stenographer in Udyog Bhavan.
--IANS sp/him/bg
