Overview
- A fire broke out on the ground floor of a three-storey house in Gali No. 11, Sahapura, Tilak Nagar, and a cooking-gas (LPG) cylinder exploded, killing a 64‑year‑old man known as Vijay.
- Fire control received the alert at about 3:25 a.m. on Saturday and Delhi Fire Service teams from Moti Nagar responded with multiple tenders and breathing apparatus to fight the blaze.
- Firefighters conducted search and rescue operations for roughly two hours, recovered the charred body and returned to the station after the scene was secured.
- Delhi Police have opened an investigation to establish how the fire started and why the cylinder detonated and the body has been taken to a nearby government hospital mortuary for post-mortem.
- Reporting noted a separate factory fire in North Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar that same period caused panic and six non-fatal injuries, underscoring local concerns about fire safety and emergency response in the city.