NEW DELHI: A massive fire broke out in the early hours of Wednesday in Delhi's Rohini area, engulfing nearly half a dozen slums and leaving three members of a family dead, fire services officials said.
According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the deceased include a husband, wife and their two-year-old daughter.
Officials said the fire erupted around 1:30 a.m. in a cluster of slums located near a 400-yard plot filled with plastic waste.
The presence of combustible material in the vicinity is believed to have contributed to the rapid spread of the flames, DFS officials stated.
Upon receiving information about the incident, teams from the fire services rushed to the scene and launched efforts to douse the blaze.