NEW DELHI: The death toll rose to 17 from a fire that tore through a hotel in New Delhi on Tuesday, a senior official said. The fire broke out before dawn at the budget Hotel Arpit Palace in a congested part of central Delhi. “We have confirmed with hospital authorities, the toll is now 17 including a child,” Sunil Choudhary, a fire brigade official, told AFP. Images showed thick smoke and flames billowing out of the top floor of a three-storey hotel, popular with budget travellers. In 2017, 14 people were killed, also in Mumbai, when a huge blaze tore through a popular restaurant.

Source: Pakistan Today February 12, 2019 05:05 UTC