Tragic Blaze: Workers Sacrifice Lives to Save Machine

Three laborers perished in a fire near East Delhi's Anand Vihar while rescuing a company's machine. Despite their efforts, they succumbed to asphyxiation and burns. The blaze, exacerbated by a cylinder explosion, saw one laborer escape. Delhi Police are investigating the incident for negligence.

In a devastating turn of events near East Delhi's Anand Vihar, three laborers lost their lives while attempting to save an expensive company machine from a fire. Police sources revealed this grim detail on Wednesday, a day after the tragedy unfolded in a makeshift hut.

The victims, identified as 30-year-old Jaggi, 40-year-old Shyam Singh, and 37-year-old Kanta Prasad, were asphyxiated and ultimately perished after failing to unlock the hut's door during the blaze. Their colleague, Nitin Singh, managed a narrow escape by tearing through the hut's plastic sheeting and jumping over a wall.

The Delhi Fire Services received an urgent call at 2:22 am, deploying three fire tenders that controlled the flames by 2:50 am. Sadly, the fire's intensity, heightened by a cylinder explosion, claimed three lives. Local authorities have registered an FIR for negligence as they continue to investigate the incident.

(With inputs from agencies.)