Overview

• Police identified the deceased as Sunil Kumar Ginotra, 52, found inside his Vishnu Garden residence after a blaze that spread from a ground-floor office-cum-godown.
• Delhi Fire Services received the Tilak Nagar call around 10 am, deployed three fire tenders, and extinguished the fire in about half an hour before discovering the body during cooling operations.
• A preliminary police inquiry cites a likely short circuit as the cause, with crime and forensic teams collecting samples and the body sent to DDU Hospital for postmortem.
• In a separate incident in Pratap Nagar, an LPG cylinder explosion triggered a fire and partial wall collapse, injuring five family members, including three children.
• Officials said the Pratap Nagar fire call came around 9:22–9:30 am and was doused within 30 minutes, with all injured hospitalized and the children reported in stable condition.