Power distribution company BYPL claimed that the fire at a factory in Anaj Mandi here appeared to have started in some “internal system” of the building.
A massive fire swept through the building having manufacturing units, in north Delhi’s Anaj Mandi area around 5.22 am, leaving at least 43 people, mostly labourers, dead, police said.
Thirty fire tenders rushed to the spot after the fire department received information about the incident.
A team from BSES Yamuna Power Ltd (BYPL) rushed to the spot after getting information of the fire and immediately discontinued the electricity supply, according to a discom spokesman.