‘Take care of my family, I am dying’: Delhi fire victim’s last call

Musharaff, one of the many who died in the horrific Delhi fire incident today, made his last call to his friend and narrated the chaos and confusion that engulfed the bag factory in Anaj Mandi area after the deadly fire. At the time of the tragic fire accident, he was stuck in the building. In his call, he informed his friend that there was no way to escape from the building to save his life. In his trembling voice, Musharaff told his friend that he is dying and in his last words, he asked him to take of the family.

With 43 people reported dead, and many others fighting for their lives in the aftermath of the Sunday morning inferno at an unauthorised bag manufacturing factory in Delhi, the incident figures among the most serious fire mishaps that the country has witnessed over the last 25 years. These are the nine fire mishaps that left the nation's conscience shaken over the past 25 years.