Woman, two daughters killed in house fire at Delhi's Lodhi Colony
A fire in a residential building in Delhi's Lodhi Colony resulted in the deaths of a woman and her two daughters on Tuesday. Authorities have brought the fire under control, but the cause remains under investigation.
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This is a tragic local news event highlighting urban safety and fire hazards in densely populated residential areas.
Three people, including a woman and her two daughters, were killed after a fire broke out in a residential building in south Delhi' s Lodhi Road area on Tuesday (July 21, 2026), officials said.
The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said it received a call at 10.21 a.m. informing about fire at a house opposite Chawla Sweets in B.K. Dutt Colony under the Lodhi Road police station limits.
One water tender, one water bowser and one breathing apparatus tender to the spot. The blaze had engulfed a house on the third floor of the building, a DFS official said.
"The firefighters found three bodies, belonging to a woman and her two daughters, on the third floor," the official said.
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