NEW DELHI, June 10 – A devastating fire in a Dwarka high-rise apartment building on Tuesday morning led to the deaths of a father and his two young children, who tragically jumped from their eighth-floor residence to escape the inferno. The blaze, which erupted in the eighth and ninth floors of a duplex apartment in Sector 13’s Sapath Society near MRV School, prompted a massive firefighting response.
Police confirmed that two children, a boy and a girl aged between 10 and 12, jumped from the balcony of the eighth floor. They were rushed to Akash Hospital but were pronounced dead upon arrival. Their father, 35-year-old Yash Yadav, who operated a flex board business, subsequently jumped from the same balcony and was declared dead at IGI Hospital. Yadav’s wife and his niece were also transported to Akash Hospital with injuries.
The Delhi Fire Service reported receiving a call about the blaze at 10:01 a.m. Initially, eight fire tenders were dispatched, but as the severity of the fire became apparent, more engines were deployed, with over a dozen eventually on scene. “Black smoke was billowing out of the upper floors, and flames were leaping out of the eighth-floor flat,” a fire officer at the scene described. The smoke and flames were visible from a significant distance, and social media videos showed passersby recording the inferno. One video, recorded by a woman from an adjacent building, included a voice exclaiming, “God help them!”
Police stated that all residents of the society were evacuated, and essential services, including electricity and PNG connections, were shut down. The DDA and MCD have been notified to assess the structural stability of the affected building.
Residents who managed to evacuate quickly prayed for those still trapped inside. Witnesses reported seeing people on the sixth floor smashing windows in an attempt to escape. “Those who were on the lower floors managed to evacuate quickly. But those higher up had a harrowing time. We saw some residents trying to climb onto balconies and signal for help,” a local resident recounted.
Firefighting operations remained underway late into the morning. The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
