Firefighters are forced to fight the devastating blaze from 100 metres away after it breaks out in an alleyway in central New Delhi, tangled in electrical wire and too narrow for vehicles to access.
Indian authorities are investigating the cause of a devastating fire that killed at least 43 people in a crowded grains market in central New Delhi, while chaos unfolded outside a hospital where some of the victims were taken.At least 43 people have died with 16 more injured after a fire broke out in a factory space near a central New Delhi market
Firefighters had to combat the blaze from afar because vehicles could not fit through the narrow alleywaysFirefighters fought the blaze from 100 metres away because it broke out in one of the area's many alleyways, tangled in electrical wire and too narrow for vehicles to access. The fire started at a factory space near Sadar Bazaar, New Delhi's largest wholesale market for household goods.
Many of the victims were factory workers who were asleep when the blaze began, according to Yogesh, a police spokesman who uses one name.
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