Delhi: 17 killed in hotel pre-dawn blaze; late alert, blocked fire exit indianexpress.com

An early morning blaze in a five-storey, 46-room Karol Bagh hotel left 17 people dead Tuesday, in what is among the biggest fire tragedies in New Delhi since the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire that claimed 59 lives. The fire at Hotel Arpit Palace, which broke out on the first floor around 2.30 am, travelled upward and quickly turned the establishment into a death trap, with a majority of people dying of asphyxia.