New Delhi-Sana
At least 35 people were killed as a result of a fire in a factory in the Indian capital, New Delhi today, amid expectations that the death toll will rise.
Sunil Chaudhry, Deputy Commander of the New Delhi Fire Service, was quoted as saying that workers were sleeping inside the factory building of four or five floors when the fire broke out, and at least 35 people were killed, while more than 58 others were rescued, indicating that they had been extinguished The fire, while rescue operations are still ongoing.
Firefighting officials have spoken of the difficulty of reaching the darkened building in the Sadar Bazar commercial district and stated that the cause of the fire remains unclear.
The police official at Cedar Bazar told France Press that there are serious cases among those who were rescued, which could increase the death toll, indicating that more of those who died were asleep at the outbreak of the fire and were suffocated.
Usually there are many factories and small manufacturing units in the old and crowded neighborhoods of major Indian cities. Poor workers, most of them immigrants, usually sleep in these units, as this helps them to save money by spending the night in their workplaces.
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