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Jasuri Devi died in a Dwarka apartment fire, while Pooja Pant survived by jumping onto makeshift landing pads. Delhi Fire Service received 15,610 fire

An 83-year-old woman died and her granddaughter was injured when they jumped from the fourth floor of their apartment in Dwarka on Wednesday in an attempt to save themselves from a fire. The Pacific Apartments had fire safety equipment but it was not functional and its fire safety certificate had expired. Fire officers said the possible reasons for the fire were a short circuit in the AC compressor, a similar problem with the refrigerator or a gas leak.

Thirty-two people died and more than 70 got injured in fire incidents in the national capital in the last 52 days, officials said on Thursday.

One of the two women who had jumped from the fourth floor of a building to escape from fire in Dwarka is still in ICU, critical, having suffered multiple fractures, a police officer said on Thursday.

The crime and FSL teams are on the spot and the reason for the fire is being probed.

An octogenarian woman died while her daughter-in-law was injured after they jumped off the balcony of their fourth floor flat in Delhi's Dwarka to save themselves as a fire broke out there on Wednesday, police said.A senior police official said ...

An 83-year-old woman died and her granddaughter sustained several injuries after they jumped off the fourth floor of a residential building in southwest Delhi's Dwarka when a fire broke out in their apartment on Wednesday, police said.

An 83-year-old woman died and her granddaughter sustained injuries after they jumped from the fourth floor of an apartment building in the Indian capital Delhi’s Dwarka locality following a massive blaze that erupted in their house, said police, on Wednesday (Feb 21).  The victims were identified as Jasuri Devi, 83, and 30-year-old Pooja Pant who sustained injuries. The incident took place in the Pacific Apartment in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka around Wednesday afternoon. 

Ankit Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (Dwarka), said that they received a PCR call at the Dwarka South police station about the blaze inside the apartment’s flat no. 502 in Sector 10, Dwarka, on Wednesday.