A short circuit is suspected to b🧜e the cause of the fire that broke out in Arpit Palace hotel situated in Delhi's Karol Bagh in the early hours of Tuesday, a senior civic official said.
The fire, which killed at least 17 people in🐻cluding a child, initially broke out in the second floor of the building, a North Delhi Municipal Corporation official said.
The hotel was first granted a licence in October 2005 a꧂nd it was renewed every year. The last renewal was done on May 25, 2018, and was valid till March 🐻31.
"As per information gathered from t♌he site, it was revealed that the incidence of fire occurred on the second floor at around 3.30 AM on February 12 due to short-circuit," the official said.
A video of the incideꦗnt showed two people jumping from the fourth floor of the burning building. According to eyewitnesses, most deaths were caused due to suffocation.
A fire departm🌱ent off💙icial said some of the fire extinguishers in the building were found to have been used suggesting that people trapped inside tried to douse the fire in a bid to escape.
(With inputs from Agencies)
