Overview

• Delhi Fire Services received the 3:08 pm alert at Mahajan Electronics and sent five tenders, with firefighting wrapped up by 4:10 pm.
• The blaze began in a first-floor godown and spread to the second floor during lunch, trapping five workers inside.
• Aayushi, 22, Payal, 20, Amandeep Kaur, 22, and Ravi Kumar, 28, died, while Sandeep Sharma, 25, remains hospitalized.
• Officials reported dense smoke, a single entry/exit staircase and floors crowded with electronic goods and boxes that hindered escape and access.
• Police preserved the bodies for post-mortem and opened a forensic probe, with an electrical short circuit under scrutiny as a possible cause.