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- A fire broke out around 3.48 am Tuesday in the parking area of a four-storey residential building in Hari Nagar, west Delhi, and eight residents were safely evacuated.
- Police suspect a short circuit caused the blaze, which gutted two cars and two scooters on the ground floor, while two LPG cylinders on the top floor exploded and intensified the fire.
- Nine fire tenders and about 50 firefighters extinguished the blaze by 6.35 am, with no injuries or casualties reported.
- Among those rescued were a woman who jumped from the first floor onto police-arranged mattresses and an elderly couple, including a woman who had recently undergone hip replacement surgery.
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- Findings of the official inquiry into the suspected short circuit
- Any safety action regarding LPG cylinder storage in residential buildings
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