This story is from May 30, 2021

83-year-old man dies in Saket fire

83-year-old man dies in Saket fire
New Delhi: A wheelchair-bound octogenarian died after a fire broke out at a house in the residential quarters of Saket Court complex on Saturday evening. Four others were rescued.
The man who died was identified as 83-year-old Ashok. The house that caught fire is allocated to Pooja Talwar, additional district and session judge, who lived there with her husband, two children and father-in-law Ashok.
Police received a call at 5.30 pm that flat number C-43 on the fourth floor of a building in the court complex had caught fire.
Deputy commissioner of police (south) Atul Thakur said that on receiving the call, station house officer of Saket police station reached the spot along with the fire brigade, CATS Ambulance, Delhi Disaster Management Authority and BSES teams.
Atul Garg, director, Delhi Fire Service, said five members of a family were trapped inside the flat. “In an hour-long operation, our men rescued four members but the 83-year-old man was found unconscious. He was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital where he was pronounced dead,” Garg said.
Probe revealed the fire had started from a store room. While short-circuit is suspected to have triggered the fire, Garg said a detailed inspection would ascertain its exact cause.
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