Two men were killed in a fire that broke out at a house in East Delhi's Dilshad Garden while two e-rickshaws were being charged Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Sashi, 24, and Bablu, 60. They were present near the charging point when the fire broke out at Kodi Colony, according to Delhi Fire Services officials. Fire officials said the fire control room received a distress call at 11.32 pm. In response, four fire tenders were dispatched to the site. The fire, which had also engulfed a motorcycle, was brought under control by approximately 12.35 am, they added. Sashi and Bablu suffered severe burn injuries and were promptly taken to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital by ambulance. The attending doctor there declared them dead on arrival. A similar incident took place in the Ghonda area of North East Delhi two days ago, when fire erupted at an e-rickshaw charging station. Four fire tenders were dispatched to the scene to extinguish the flames, according to officials. However, no injuries or casualties were reported. On May 25, a similar incident killed two teenagers in Delhi’s Shahdara area. Four others were injured in the fire that broke out in an e-rickshaw charging facility cum godown. All six victims were sugarcane juice vendors who used e-rickshaws to move around and sell their products. A short circuit in one of the charging components led to a fire in the structure, which was also used as a godown for storing sugarcane machines, said officials. On May 19, another e-rickshaw fire in Shahdara's Vishvas Nagar area injured six people, including two children. The fire broke out after a short circuit sparked off a fire on the ground floor of a building. The six injured in the fire, members of the same family who lived in a room adjacent to where the e-rickshaw was charging, were rushed to Hegdewar Hospital for treatment.
