A fire broke out in a revolving restaurant at Amravati mall in Haryana's Panchkula on Friday.
This comes as a massive fire that broke out in the early hours of Friday in AR Tower near Hamraj Market in Bansmandi, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh has now been brought under control after nearly seven hours. Around 16 fire tenders had reached the spot to douse the fire. The fire engulfed the AR Tower and spread to the nearby buildings present inside Masood Complex.
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In another incident, six people, including a toddler, suffocated to death after an overturned mosquito coil sparked a blaze at a house in northeast Delhi's Shastri Park, police said on Friday.
Three others were injured in the incident, news agency PTI reported police as saying.
The police received information around 9 am that a fire had broken out in a house at Mazar Wala Road in Shastri Park's Machhi Market, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Joy Tirkey said.
Upon reaching the spot, the officials found that nine people had been taken to Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, Tirkey said, as per PTI.
Of them, four men, a woman, and a one-and-a-half-year-old child died. A 15-year-old girl and a 45-year-old man are being treated for burn injuries while a 22-year-old man was discharged after first aid, the police said.
According to the police, it was learnt that a burning mosquito coil had tipped over on a mattress during the night. The residents lost consciousness due to the toxic fumes before eventually suffocating to death. The Fire department said three water tenders were rushed to the spot after receiving information about the blaze.
More details about the incident is awaited.