A Delhi restaurant fire triggered panic at a four-storey building in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur late Tuesday evening, prompting people to jump from a first-floor window as they tried to escape the premises. People gathered outside were seen attempting to catch those leaping from the building during the emergency.
The fire broke out at Udham Fish Point near Jafrabad, within the limits of Welcome police station, at around 10.34pm, according to details cited from the fire department. Visuals from the scene showed people scrambling to get out of the restaurant as smoke and flames caused panic inside the building.
The blaze originated in the restaurant’s ground-floor kitchen, the fire department said. Restaurant staff managed to douse the fire before it could spread further, while a fire tender also reached the location.
The building had four floors, and people were seen leaving from a first-floor window during the incident. A woman was also seen jumping from the restaurant building, while people below moved towards the spot in an attempt to help those escaping.
The circumstances of the evacuation were not detailed further in the supplied report. The available account does not specify how many people were inside the restaurant when the fire began, whether the building was evacuated floor by floor, or what safety arrangements were available at the premises.
Police said no injuries were reported in the incident. The fire department’s response, along with the efforts of restaurant staff, prevented the blaze from spreading beyond the kitchen, according to the report.
The incident took place in the Jafrabad-Maujpur area, which falls under the jurisdiction of Welcome police station. Police and fire officials were involved in the emergency response, while the fire tender’s arrival helped secure the scene after the kitchen fire was brought under control.
The immediate emergency ended without reported injuries, but the episode involved people using a first-floor window to escape a fire that began on the ground floor. Further details about the cause of the blaze, the restaurant’s fire-safety provisions and any inspection or regulatory action were not available in the supplied information.
