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Braveheart, 52, dies while saving six from a blaze

The deceased was identified as Satyavir Panchal. A fire had broken out in a diagnostic centre in a lane next to his home.

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A 52-year-old man, who ran a business of fire extinguishers, died while trying to save six people from a blaze in north-west Delhi’s Keshavpuram area on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Satyavir Panchal. A fire had broken out in a diagnostic centre in a lane next to his home.

Panchal’s family members accused the Fire Department of delay and claimed that if the fire personnel had reached on time, he could have been saved. The owner of the diagnostic centre was identified as Rajesh Gupta, who lives in the next lane in Onkar Nagar. Gupta said Panchal had brought 10 fire extinguishers with him to douse the flame but could not succeed.

Reportedly, an oxygen cylinder at the centre exploded and a piece pierced Panchal’s throat. “Panchal took his life in his hands and entered the diagnostic centre. Gupta had informed them of the fire around 2.20 am, which means that it had sparked much before that. The Fire Department had already been called around 2.03 am but no one reached the spot for one-and-a-half hour. The centre had LPG cylinders as well. Panchal did not only save the six people inside but the entire area from a tragedy,” his cousin Dr Ramphal Panchal said. 

Meanwhile, some people from the locality even reached the fire station on Lawrence Road to call the officials.

The fire officials, at the same time, claimed that they received a call around 2.30am and rushed two fire tenders to the location. There was another fire at Wazirabad and fire tenders from Keshavpuram were sent there as well. A fire official said they had not reached till 3am and since the fire tenders at Keshavpuram were busy attending another call, the call was forwarded to Moti Nagar.

On fire

Despite being informed of a fire break-out in a diagnostic centre in north-west Delhi’s Keshavpuram area, the fire department didn’t reach in time. 
Satyavir Panchal, a local resident, brought 10 fire extinguishers to douse the fire, as fire fighters were not there yet.
He entered the centre to save those inside, but an oxygen cylinder exploded and pierced his throat, resulting in his death.

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