Nine members of a family, including three children, died after a fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in southwest Delhi's Palam area on Wednesday morning, officials said. Gupta, in a post on X, said she was extremely distressed to learn about the unfortunate fire at the residential building. The district administration, Delhi Fire Service and Delhi Police are leading the rescue operation, she said. "Deeply distressed by the fire incident in a residential building near Palam Metro. Firefighters carried out intensive search and rescue operations in the smoke-filled building after navigating through the congested locality.

Source: The Telegraph March 18, 2026 06:36 UTC