One dead in east Delhi market blaze

The charred body of a 19yearold man was recovered on Thursday morning from the second floor of a shop in east Delhis Gandhi Market where a major fire broke out a day ago police saidThe deceased has been identified as Shehnawaj according to the family members However since the body is charred completely DNA profiling would also be conducted to ascertain the identity of the victim they saidIt took nearly 10 hours for the fire fighters to douse the flames fire officials said adding a short circuit might have caused the fireAround 35 fire tenders and 150 fire fighters controlled the blaze which broke out around 540 pm on Wednesday the officials said adding the fire extinguished at 330 amDeputy Commissioner of Police Shahdara R Sathiyasundaram said a charred body was found on the second floor of the building on Thursday morning following the fire broke that broke out in Jai Ambe garments shop The fire quickly spread to other nearby shops due to storage of synthetic clothsAll senior officers were on the spot including police personnel of Gandhi Nagar subdivison and DCP ReserveCivil defence personnel were also deployed to bring the fire under control he saidAlso Read BA2 variant in around 90 per cent Covid samples genomesequenced in Delhi in JulyAugAccording to police one of the workers identified as Aftab 32 stated that he has been working at the Jai Ambe garments shop for the last 12 years After closing the shop on Wednesday at about 5 515 pm he along with four other workers went near main road After fiveseven minutes they came back towards Janta lane which is another entry towards the shop when they saw smoke emitting from their shopHe immediately called his owner and went near the shutter and realised that his brother Shehnawaj was trapped inside and also heard the voice of him knocking the doorThey attempted to break the locks and told his brother to go upstairs However by the time they broke the lock the fire had spread and his brother was not traceable the senior police officer saidOn Thursday morning the fire service team found a charred body on the second floor of the building having total four floors with an area of 400 square yards he addedThe fire officials said the cooling operations are underway The fire started in a shop in the Nehru lane where mainly garments and hosiery outlets are located and it soon spread to other adjacent shopsA call about the fire was received at 540 pm and a total of 35 fire tenders were rushed to the spot said Atul Garg Director Delhi Fire ServiceThe operation was impeded by narrows lanes and the absence of a water source nearby he saidThe fire tenders had to be parked far away from the site he addedCrime team and forensic team will inspect scene of incident once the heat generated is down police said adding short circuit is suspected to be the reason behind the fireThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever