Delhi fire: Dad, kids die after jumping off balcony in Dwarka area

The fire broke out in a residential building in Dwarka area. Pic/PTI

A father and his two children were killed after they jumped to escape a massive fire that broke out on the eighth and ninth floors of a housing apartment in Delhi's Dwarka area on Tuesday morning.

According to police, two children (a boy and a girl, aged between 10 and 12) jumped from the balcony of the eighth floor to save themselves. Injured, they were rushed to Akash Hospital, where both were declared dead.

Later, their father, Yash Yadav, 35, also jumped from the same balcony. He was declared dead at IGI Hospital. Two more people, Yadav's wife and his niece, were rushed to Akash Hospital with injuries.

The family lives in a duplex on the top two floors of the building. Visuals from the site showed the building in Sector 13's Sapath Society engulfed in flames with people below gathered in balconies and crying for help.

According to the Delhi Fire Service, the department received a call about the blaze at 10.01 am. Initially, eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot, but as the magnitude of the fire became evident, more engines were deployed.

A police officer said, "All residents of the society have been evacuated, and all essential services such as electricity and PNG connections have been shut down." Firefighting operations were still underway, with over a dozen fire tenders deployed at the site.

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