Two-year-old killed in fire in Delhi

A two-year-old boy was charred to death and two labourers were injured in separate incidents of fire in the capital today.

A fire reported from a Tuglaqabad slum where a blaze gutted 150 shanties at around 12.30pm. In this incident, a two-year-old boy was killed.

Ten fire tenders had rushed to the spot to douse the fire that lasted approximately an hour and a half.

The cause of fire is yet to be ascertained.

In the other case, a fire broke out in in Mundka in of Outer Delhi at a grease factory this morning.

Two persons identified as Vipin and Nand Lal were reportedly injured and rushed to a hospital nearby.

They were sitting around a bonfire inside the factory to keep themselves warm when the incident took place.