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Fire officials said a maximum number of charred bodies were recovered from the second floor of the building.

While the fire-tenders allegedly reached the Mundka fire incident site late, a crane driver proved a saviour for over 50 people, mostly women, by rescuing them while the building was engulfed in razing fire.

Lakra was arrested on Sunday in connection with the massive fire, two days after the incident.

The owner of the building in outer Delhi's Mundka where a massive fire claimed 27 lives has been sent to two-day police custody for further investigation into the fire mishap.

After 27 people died in a fire at a four-storey office complex near Mundka metro station, Delhi Police on Sunday arrested the owner of the building, identified as Manish Lakra.

Of the 27 retrieved bodies, only seven have been identified till Saturday afternoon in the massive fire incident that engulfed a four-storey building near Delhis Mundka metro station yesterday.

Mundka fire: There have been 27 confirmed deaths and 12 injured persons due to the incident. Delhi Fire Services officials are yet to examine the charred human remains found on Saturday (May 14).

The divisional officer of the fire department blamed the buildings internal layout for the mishap and said that people could not evacuate the building as it had only one staircase.

While at least 27 people died in the massive fire that broke out in the four-storey building in Delhis Mundka, over two dozen people are missing and their relatives are enveloped in despair and uncertainty.An atmosphere of grief pervaded the ...

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. As many as 25 out of the 27 retrieved bodies from the site of a fire incident that took place in a four-story building near Mundka metro station in New Delhi have not yet been identified, according to a police official. India News | Mundka Blaze: 25 out of 27 Bodies Not Yet Identified, DNA Samples to Be Taken.