Overview
- Delhi Fire Services received a call at 6:24 am for a blaze on the ground floor in Mustafabad and deployed five tenders, bringing the fire under control by about 9:30 am.
- Two brothers were rescued and taken to GTB Hospital, where Junaid, 20, was declared dead, while his elder brother Sameer, 23, was treated and later discharged.
- Officials said the fire involved a laptop battery repair and storage area, with a Royal Enfield Bullet and a scooter among items gutted.
- Police registered a case under BNS sections 106(1), 287 and 324, a forensic team collected evidence at the scene, and the exact cause remains under investigation.
- Two separate, non-fatal fires were reported later in Munirka and at an e-rickshaw charging station in Bindapur, with no injuries recorded.