A man was killed and two others taken ill on Tuesday when they inhaled smoke from a fire that broke out in a nail polish factory in west Delhi, a fire officer said.
The Delhi Fire Services control room was called around 4.15 p.m. about the blaze that broke out in a three-storey factory in Mangolpuri. Eight fire tenders doused the flames around 5.30 p.m.
Three men present on the second floor had inhaled smoke, following which they were taken to a nearby hospital where one of them was declared brought dead, the officer said.
All three remain unidentified as yet.
--IANS
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