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At least nine dead in India hotel fire: official
NEW DELHI, Feb 12, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – At least nine people were killed and three others injured when a fire engulfed a hotel in New Delhi on Tuesday, a senior official said.
The blaze broke out before dawn at Hotel Arpit Palace in a congested part of central Delhi.
“Nine people are dead including a woman and a child. Three people are injured,” G.C. Misra, the director of Delhi Fire Services, told AFP.
BSS/AFP/AU/09:20 hrs