Overview
- A blaze tore through the five‑storey Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani, Malviya Nagar, on Wednesday morning, leaving at least 21 people dead and more than 40 rescued.
- Emergency teams and local residents carried out rooftop and window rescues and used mattresses to catch occupants who jumped, while firefighters evacuated dozens and extinguished the fire.
- Hospitals received dozens of casualties with Max Hospital reporting 39 patients, of whom 18 were brought dead and 15 admitted to ICU including eight on ventilators.
- Police have registered an FIR that includes culpable homicide and investigators say the B&B had permission for far fewer rooms than were in use, had rooms in the basement and only one entry‑exit.
- Officials are still determining the fire's origin with probes examining a possible short circuit or a restaurant/cylinder source and authorities have ordered wider safety checks of similar guest houses in the city.