New Delhi: Two persons were killed and three injured when a major fire broke out at a multi-storeyed building, housing the Science and Technology Ministry, near Parliament in Delhi on Thursday evening, gutting a portion of the third floor of the structure.
The blaze was reported from the third floor of Anusandhan Bhavan at 1906 hrs when senior Ministry officials were present in the building. The office of Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan is on the second floor of the building.
The officials, numbering about 60, rushed out of the building as soon as the fire alarm rang. Fire brigade rushed 14 fire tenders to the spot.
Though the fire was doused within two hours, four persons were trapped on the fourth floor of the building who were rescued after three hours.
"Out of the persons rescued, two were brought dead at hospital," a senior police official said.
"These people were on the third floor when the fire broke out. In a bid a escape, they ran to the fourth floor where they got trapped," an official said.
A hydraulic ladder was brought to the spot but it could not reach those trapped as they moved to the backside of the building, he said.
Those dead have been identified as K P Joshi who was a Section Officer at CSIR, Anusandhan Bhawan and Satish Kumar, a 40-year-old peon. — CNN-IBN
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