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Grief-stricken relatives, friends, and acquaintances crowded the waiting country of Max Hospital successful Saket connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026), anxiously searching for their loved ones hours aft a monolithic occurrence astatine a edifice successful southbound Delhi's Malviya Nagar country near astatine slightest 21 radical dead.
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The hospital's waiting country was filled with radical scanning lists, making frantic telephone calls and seeking accusation from officials arsenic victims of the blaze were brought successful for attraction and identification.
"We can't recognise them by looking astatine pictures; it's unrecognisable. Everyone is severely burnt, [Photo se pehchaan maine nahi aa rha koi, sab jale hue hain]," 1 of the relatives said portion sobbing.
Among them was Namit Goel, who said six of his relatives were among those caught successful the fire. While 4 bodies had been identified, 2 were yet to beryllium identified, leaving the household successful agonising uncertainty.
"Four bodies are successful Max Saket mortuary and 2 bodies are successful different hospital. We are trying to find them," helium said.
According to the household members, the six household members had travel from Gurugram for aesculapian attraction and were staying astatine the edifice erstwhile the occurrence broke out.
Elsewhere successful the hospital, Vivek was searching for his 25-year-old person Sujita, who was believed to beryllium among those affected by the blaze.
He said constabulary officials showed him photographs of victims for identification, but helium could not find her among them.
"Can't recognise her, her telephone is besides not traceable," helium said.
The occurrence broke retired astatine the Flourish Stay bed-and-breakfast edifice successful the congested Hauz Rani locality, triggering panic among occupants trapped inside.
Several radical were rescued from the premises, portion eyewitnesses recounted scenes of chaos arsenic heavy fume engulfed the operation and radical desperately tried to escape.
A constabulary authoritative contiguous astatine the infirmary said that astatine slightest 21 radical were killed and much than 40 rescued, and much than 20 victims person been brought to Max Saket. The origin of the occurrence is yet to beryllium ascertained and an probe is underway.
