New Delhi, 17 May 2022: A 30-year-old man died after a fire broke out at a banquet hall in the national capital on Tuesday afternoon, a fire official said.
The fire initially broke out on the ground floor of the banquet hall, near to the stage, and soon spread to all the four floors of the building.
Delhi Fire Service chief Atul Garg confirmed with IANS that a man named Harsh Chopra (30) was found in an unconscious state at 6.45 p.m. and was subsequently rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead.
"The rescue operation has been completed," said Guriqbal Sidhu, Additional DCP (northwest district).
The incident came just four days after 27 people were charred to death in a major fire incident at Delhi’s Mundka area in west Delhi.