A 25-year-old man was found dead inside a lift after a fire broke out at a Vishal Mega Mart showroom in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area, police said on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Kumar Dhirender Pratap. His body was discovered in a lift during a search and rescue operation jointly carried out by police, fire and disaster response teams.
The fire was reported around 6.44 pm from the second floor of the four-storey building located on Padam Singh Road, the Delhi Police said in a statement. “This is a Vishal Mega Mart outlet where grocery and fabric items are sold. The fire was confined mainly to the second floor,” the statement added.
A total of 13 fire tenders worked to douse the flames. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, officials said.