[BlastOne]

A hotel in Delhi, India caught fire Alate at night, and guests were killed in their sleep. High-floor residents were forced to jump out of the windows to escape.
Most of the victims were from Africa and Bangladesh. The cause of the fire is still unknown, and rescue efforts are ongoing.

[gimlet]

India, high rise hotel, bangladeshis and africans, what could go wrong?

[Mr.NoCredit]

I’m glad I wasn’t staying there. It could have been costly if I had.

[kellyhound]

Most were in India for medical tourism, staying next to major local healthcare hubs like Max Hospital.

An entire extended Indian family lost 8 members in the blaze. They had traveled to Delhi to stay near a relative admitted to a hospital ICU.

First responders reported finding an African couple undergoing IVF treatment dead in each other's arms inside a ground-floor bathroom where they had tried to seek refuge from the toxic smoke.

The property had official government permission to operate as a homestay with only 6 rooms.

However, the owner illegally expanded it to 25 packed rooms, including windowless rooms crammed into the basement where multiple guests choked to death. sigh India.

The establishment had no valid Fire Safety Certificate and possessed zero in-house firefighting infrastructure.

The building relied on a single entry-exit point and one common staircase and once the ground-floor restaurant caught fire, the entire building immediately became a suffocating trap.

A Delhi court has officially sent the building owner, Lavkesh Bajaj, into four days of police custody for intensive interrogation.

During interrogation, Bajaj reportedly tried to shift the blame to others. He claimed he was told expanding rooms beyond the legal limit was routine and that everything works in Delhi. Authorities are also actively searching for the hotel manager.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a compensation of ₹200,000 (approx. $2,400 USD) for the families of the deceased and ₹50,000 for those injured.

[Necrotic Bowel]

Cause of the fire? India. That all you need to know