Overview
- A fire broke out on Wednesday, June 3 at the five-storey Flourish Stay B&B in Hauz Rani, Malviya Nagar, rapidly engulfed the building and left 22 people dead and dozens injured.
- The confirmed fatalities include many foreign nationals, with police saying 13 foreign guests have died and hospitals continue to treat critically injured survivors.
- Police have arrested owner Lavkesh Bajaj and cook Keshav Negi while accountant/manager Jay Mishra surrendered and was remanded, and courts have denied or extended custody for the suspects.
- Investigators are testing multiple possible ignition sources — an unattended oil fryer, a cooking gas leak, or an electrical fault — and have sought FSL and IIT‑Delhi help to reconstruct fire propagation and the sequence of events.
- Early inquiries and the FIR allege major safety and licensing breaches, including no fire NOC, many more rooms than permitted, a single entry‑exit route, inflammable fittings and destroyed CCTV footage, and authorities are pursuing record recovery and raids to fix responsibility.