Fire engulfed about 60 huts in Gokulpuri area of Delhi. Of these, 30 of the huts were gutted in the fire. 13 fire tenders rushed to the spot to bring the blaze under control. Seven charred bodies were found at the spot.
The fire was finally doused around 4am, said additional deputy commissioner of police (north-east) Devesh Kumar Mahla.
Expressing his grief, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said he would visit the spot soon and talk to the affected people. “Heard the sad news early in the morning. I will go to the spot and meet the affected people personally,” Kejriwal wrote in a tweet in Hindi.
