Overview

• Delhi Fire Services received an alert at 3:08 PM on August 18 about a blaze at Mahajan Electronics in Raja Garden and dispatched five fire tenders to the four-storey building
• Firefighters rescued five trapped employees and rushed them to hospitals, where four succumbed to injuries and one remains under treatment
• A Delhi Fire Services firefighter, Lokesh Dagar, was injured during rescue operations and the blaze was declared under control by about 4:10 PM
• Delhi Police and fire officials have launched a joint forensic probe, with preliminary findings pointing to an electrical short circuit origin in the first-floor storage godown
• The incident follows a series of deadly urban fires in Delhi that have highlighted electrical hazards, unauthorized storage use and gaps in fire-safety enforcement