Karol Bagh Hotel Arpit Palace fire LIVE updates: At least 25 fire tenders responded to a call at 4.30 am this morning to conduct rescue operations. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal) Karol Bagh Hotel Arpit Palace fire LIVE updates: At least 25 fire tenders responded to a call at 4.30 am this morning to conduct rescue operations. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Delhi Karol Bagh Hotel Arpit Palace Fire Today LIVE Updates: A massive fire that broke out at Hotel Arpit Palace in Delhi’s Karol Bagh area early Tuesday morning claimed at least seventeen lives. The victims also include one woman and a child who tried to escape the fire by jumping out a window. Delhi Fire Services chief Atul Garg said the death toll could rise. At least nine people have been injured.

Garg also said that the entire four-storey hotel, which has 35 rooms, was booked by a family which was in Delhi for a function. At least 25 fire tenders responded to a call at 4.30 am to conduct rescue operations. Delhi government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident.