Delhi fire kills 8 family members, patriarch dies later

A family that gathered in Delhi to support a critically ill patriarch has been completely lost in a tragic sequence of events, culminating in the death of the elderly man himself. Radhe Shyam Aggarwal, who was in his late 70s, died on Tuesday, June 9, while undergoing treatment at Max Hospital in Saket. His death came six days after a fire at a nearby bed-and-breakfast killed eight members of his family who had traveled to be near him.

Aggarwal had been admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit in late May for a serious lung ailment and was on ventilator support. His condition prompted his family from Gurugram to travel to Delhi. To remain close to the hospital, his son, Vivek Aggarwal, rented rooms at the Flourish Stays B&B in the Hauz Rani area of Malviya Nagar.

In the early morning of June 3, a fire broke out at the establishment. The blaze killed eight people, including Aggarwal's son Vivek; Vivek's wife, Tarjani; their two daughters, Jeevisha and Variya; and Aggarwal's wife, Premlata. Also among the deceased were Vivek's maternal uncle, Ashok Goyal, and Premlata's sister Kamla and her husband, Javri Lal. The family had planned to visit Radhe Shyam Aggarwal at the...