New Delhi: 22 people have perished in a fire in a B&B in Malviya Nagar. According to officials, of the 22, many are foreigners from Central Asia and Africa. Over 40 people have been rescued. The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained. The incident adds to the list of fire incidents that have occurred in the city in the past eight years.
28 May 2026: Dhanendra Kumar, the first chairman of the Competition Commission of India, died in a fire that started in an AC in his home in south Delhi’s Hauz Khas area. 80-year-old Kumar died of smoke inhalation.
3 May 2026: A fire at a residential building in Vivek Vihar in east Delhi claimed nine lives and injured four. The cause was suspected to be an AC unit short circuit in the middle of the night.
18 March 2026: Nine people lost their lives and three were injured in a fire at a shop on the ground floor of a residential building in south-west Delhi’s Palam. A short circuit was suspected.
24 June 2025: Four died in a fire at a chemical factory in north-west Delhi’s Rithala in the Rohini area. The five-storey building stored chemicals in the ground floor, and this accelerated the fire. There were no emergency exits.
14 March 2024: In another incident in east Delhi’s Shahdara, 4 people died in a fire in a residential building.
15 February 2024: 11 were killed at a paint factory in north Delhi’s Alipur as fire spread after a chemical explosion. Workers were trapped as the building had no proper exits. The fire later spread to a drug rehabilitation centre before it could be brought under control.
13 May 2022: A fire in a four-storey commercial building near Mundka metro station in west Delhi killed 27 people. Caused by a short circuit, the situation was made worse due to the lack of fire exits or fire extinguishers. The fire took over nine hours to douse.
23 December 2019: Nine people were killed in a fire at a cloth godown in north-west Delhi’s Kirari. Here too the cause was a short circuit.
8 December 2019: Delhi’s worst fire in the 21st century was at the Anaj Mandi in north Delhi, where 47 were killed and 56 injured. It started with a short circuit in an illegal shoe and schoolbag-making factory. Iron grilles prevented the escape of the over 100 migrant workers sleeping inside.
12 February 2019: 17 died in a fire at Hotel Arpit Palace in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh. The fire started in a kitchen on the roof that was operating illegally.
20 January 2018: Another 17 were killed at a firecracker factory in north-west Delhi’s Bawana.
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(Edited by Viny Mishra)