Delhi man gets stuck in lift during fire at Vishal Mega Mart, dies

A 25-year-old man was killed after he was trapped in the elevator of the Vishal Mega Mart departmental store outlet in Karol Bagh, where a fire broke out on Friday evening, police said on Saturday, adding that the rescue operation is ongoing in the four-storey building as “two floors are still filled with thick smoke.”

The deceased, Kumar Dhirendra Pratap Singh, had come to the building in search of a job, said deputy commissioner of police (Central) Nidhin Valsan. “He was trapped



in the elevator when the fire broke out in the departmental showroom. Initially, it was not clear if he had come to the showroom for job interview or at any other floor,” he added.

The fire broke out in the showroom’s second-floor outlet around 6.30 PM.

Thirteen fire tenders were dispatched from the nearby fire stations to control the blaze and prevent it from spreading to the showroom’s upper and lower floors, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief Atul Garg said.