In the heart of New Delhi, a tragedy unfolded as the tendrils of a massive conflagration embraced a residential edifice in the Shahdara district, claiming the lives of four individuals, among them two tender souls. The ominous call of distress reverberated through the corridors of emergency services, signaling the inferno’s relentless advance upon Street Number 13, nestled within the confines of Geeta Colony. Rising from the ashes of complacency, the fire raged within a lofty four-tiered structure, its foundation adorned with the solemn presence of vehicular abodes.
Narrating the unfolding cataclysm, District DCP Surendra Chaudhary intoned, “At the hour of 5.22 in the morn, we were alerted to a conflagration of grand magnitude besieging Shastri Nagar, in close proximity to the bastions of Geeta Colony. Swiftly, we dispatched word to the stalwart defenders of Delhi’s Fire Services, rallying their forces with haste, accompanied by the chorus of fire tenders and medical carriages.”
Delving deeper into the annals of inquiry, Chaudhary divulged, “Preliminary probes have illuminated the genesis of the calamity, tracing its origins to the subterranean chamber of vehicular sanctuary, where plumes of smoke suffused the air, casting an ominous pall over the stricken locale.”
Furthermore, the sentinel of law disclosed, “Nine souls were plucked from the maw of peril, ferried to the sanctum of convalescence within a nearby infirmary, whereupon the grim pronouncement of demise befell four souls, among them the innocents who traversed the threshold of mortality at the tender ages of five and three, and a half.”
The cadence of tragedy wove its somber tapestry, as the names of the fallen, Manoj, aged three decades, and his consort Suman, aged twenty-eight, echoed through the corridors of mourning, a testament to the caprice of fate’s cruel embrace.