A security guard was charred to death when a major fire broke out in the multi-storeyed Himalaya House, housing several commercial establishments, in the heart of the capital on Monday morning.
The blaze was reported from the 15-storeyed building, which is around 50 metres high, on K G Marg near Connaught Place at around 6.20 am and 32 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire.
‘Security guard Shiv Kumar was rescued from sixth floor while Raj Kumar was rescued from the 11th floor. Jai Bhagwan, 60, succumbed to the injuries and died. He was also a security guard. They were rushed to the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital’, said a police official.
‘There were 12 fire fighting systems in the building. We are not sure whether they were working,’ A K Sharma, Director of Delhi Fire Services, said.
The fire broke out in the third floor of the building and it spread to the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth floor soon. The fire was doused a little after noon.
‘Around five floors were severely gutted. Valuables worth crores of rupees might have gone up in flames,’ said an employee of Max Life, whose office was in the 4th floor.
Thick plumes of smoke were billowing out of the building and rescue workers were working hard to douse the fire that broke out apparently due to an electrical fault.
Police and fire brigade officials said they were yet to ascertain the cause of the blaze though they suspected it to be due to a short circuit.
‘There was a lot of smoke. The smoke blackened the sky,’ Kamal, an eyewitness, said.
Police has blocked traffic on K G Marg from Outer Circle of Connaught Place to Tolstoy Marg intersection on K G Marg.
The blaze was doused six hours after it broke out at 6:20 am, but till late afternoon smoke was seen emitting from the building. There were around 150 police personnel since morning, provided by the Delhi Police from Parliament Street police station, Barakhamba police station and Connaught Place police station.
The building houses several corporate offices like Sharda Maa Enterprises, Met Life, Max Life, Parnika Retailers, Sri ram Piston, Law CKM Partners and Tamarind to name a few.
The blaze was reported from the 15-storeyed building, which is around 50 metres high, on K G Marg near Connaught Place at around 6.20 am and 32 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire.
‘Security guard Shiv Kumar was rescued from sixth floor while Raj Kumar was rescued from the 11th floor. Jai Bhagwan, 60, succumbed to the injuries and died. He was also a security guard. They were rushed to the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital’, said a police official.
‘There were 12 fire fighting systems in the building. We are not sure whether they were working,’ A K Sharma, Director of Delhi Fire Services, said.
The fire broke out in the third floor of the building and it spread to the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth floor soon. The fire was doused a little after noon.
‘Around five floors were severely gutted. Valuables worth crores of rupees might have gone up in flames,’ said an employee of Max Life, whose office was in the 4th floor.
Thick plumes of smoke were billowing out of the building and rescue workers were working hard to douse the fire that broke out apparently due to an electrical fault.
Police and fire brigade officials said they were yet to ascertain the cause of the blaze though they suspected it to be due to a short circuit.
‘There was a lot of smoke. The smoke blackened the sky,’ Kamal, an eyewitness, said.
Police has blocked traffic on K G Marg from Outer Circle of Connaught Place to Tolstoy Marg intersection on K G Marg.
The blaze was doused six hours after it broke out at 6:20 am, but till late afternoon smoke was seen emitting from the building. There were around 150 police personnel since morning, provided by the Delhi Police from Parliament Street police station, Barakhamba police station and Connaught Place police station.
The building houses several corporate offices like Sharda Maa Enterprises, Met Life, Max Life, Parnika Retailers, Sri ram Piston, Law CKM Partners and Tamarind to name a few.