Bawana factory fire claims 17 lives; co-owner held as Kejriwal orders probe

CM Kejriwal announced ex-gratia of Rs 500,000 to the next of the kin of the deceased and Rs 100,000 to the injured

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday ordered a thorough probe into the Bawana firecracker storage unit fire incident that claimed at least 17 lives and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 500,000 to the next of the kin of the deceased. 
 

As many as 17 people, including 10 women, were burnt alive or asphyxiated and 30 others injured in a fire at a plastic warehouse in west Delhi's Bawana on Saturday evening, officials said.
 

Kejriwal said in a tweet:

V sad to hear abt large no of casualties. Keeping a close watch on rescue operations