- विज्ञापन -
New Delhi: Three migrant laborers from Uttar Pradesh were charred to death early Tuesday after a tent in which they were sleeping caught fire in East Delhi’s Anand Vihar area, officials said.
Official sources from police said that a case of causing death by negligence was registered by police.
The victims – identified as Kanta Prasad (37), Jaggi (30) and Shyam Singh (40) – were engaged in contract work by Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL).
The victims were living in temporary accommodation under a tent near a DDA plot on Manglam Road near the Rotary Club office, a statement said.
According to the fire department, a phone call reporting the blaze was received at 2.22 a.m. on Tuesday and three fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The flames were brought under control by 2.50 a.m., a fire official said.
The police said a fourth worker Nitin Singh (32), who used to live with the victims in the same tent, managed to escape the inferno while the other three could not come out of the tent on fire.
An initial probe indicated that the fire was sparked by a lamp used to light the tent and as the fire spread a gas cylinder also burst, police said.
