Delhi Fire: Four Of Family Die Of Suspected Asphyxiation In Prem Nagar

Delhi Fire: Four members of a family died of suspected asphyxiation after a fire broke out at their house in Delhi’s Prem Nagar area in the early hours of Tuesday. The deceased include a husband-wife and their two sons, officials said.

The four people who died were identified as Heera Singh (48), his wife Neetu Singh (46) and their sons Chirag Singh (22) and his 11-year-old brother. The four were declared dead on arrival by doctors, as per officials.

Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said the fire broke out at around 3:30 am and two fire tenders were rushed to the spot. It took around an hour for the fire services to douse the house blaze.

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DFS chief Atul Garg said, “The fire started from the inverter in the house and spread to the sofa on the first floor. The four people in the house had by then inhaled a lot of smoke. We pulled them out and rushed them to RTR hospital.”

The Delhi Police have also conducted an inquiry into the case.

“The incident took place on the first floor of the house. All four were rushed to RTR Hospital by the PCR, but they were declared dead on arrival at the hospital. It seems that the fire broke out due to a short circuit in the inverter which was placed at the main entrance gate,” DCP Dwarka Ankit Singh said.

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In another incident, this year in January, four persons, including two children, of a family died due to suffocation after smoke from an angeethi (coal brazier) suffused their room in Delhi’s Alipur.

“At 6:40 am in the morning, we got a PCR call that some people were unconscious in Delhi’s Alipur area. PCR reached the spot and broke open the window to unlatch the door. As per preliminary investigation, 2 adults and 2 children have died. A forensic team has been called, samples of angeethi have been collected. It is suspected that they died due to suffocation. Probe from every angle is underway," Additional DCP (Outer North) B Bharat Reddy said while talking to ANI.