Delhi celebrates Holika dahan with fervor, gears to play with colours
Throughout the city, various events and activities added to the festive spirit. Several students from Delhi University celebrated the festival by applying color on each other.
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A four-year-old boy died of suffocation and three others were injured on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a house in southwest Delhi’s R K Puram, police said.
A call was received at 1 am about the fire and three fire-tenders were rushed to the spot, an officer from the Delhi Fire Service said.
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The fire was doused at 2.05 am, he added.
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The fire started due to short-circuit in a junction box of the house, police said.
Four persons, including the boy, were found in an unconscious condition and were rushed to a hospital, they said.
The boy, Abhinav, died due to suffocation, police said.
The injured, identified as Pankaj (37), Swati (34) and Darshana (74), are undergoing treatment and are out of danger, they said.