Vivek Vihar house fire leaves elderly couple hospitalised
New Delhi: Panic broke out in East Delhi’s Vivek Vihar Phase-1 on Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in a residential house. Household items kept on the first floor of the house were gutted in the blaze. An elderly couple present inside the house was trapped amid smoke. Family members acted promptly, brought both of them out safely and took them to hospital.
According to the fire department, information about the fire in the house was received at around 8:11 a.m. on November 3. Four fire tenders were then sent to the spot. The house, built on about 235 square yards, has three floors besides the ground floor. The fire remained confined to household items on the first floor. Firefighters brought the blaze under control by around 9:45 a.m.
The elderly couple affected by smoke in the incident has been identified as 65-year-old Anil Arora and his 60-year-old wife Beena Arora. Relatives admitted both of them to Pushpanjali Hospital. According to doctors, their condition is stable.
Initial information on the cause of the fire has raised the possibility of a fault in an electronic device or a short circuit. Some reports mentioned an explosion in an LED TV, while others expressed the possibility that the fire started from the battery of an electronic toy car that was being charged. Police and the teams concerned are investigating the incident. The actual cause of the fire will become clear only after a technical investigation.
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