Fire at Delhi restaurant, LPG explosion, elderly rescued

A major fire broke out at a restaurant in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji area early Sunday morning, triggering explosions in commercial LPG cylinders and leading to the rescue of an elderly woman. No casualties were reported.

The fire erupted at the Punjabi Tadka restaurant near the Kalkaji-Govindpuri flyover. The Delhi Fire Service received a distress call at approximately 4:45 a.m. The blaze quickly spread through a four-story commercial building that housed a basement warehouse, ground-floor shops, the restaurant on the first floor, a gym on the second, and a banquet hall on the third floor, along with a temporary structure on the rooftop.

Firefighting efforts were complicated by a series of explosions. Officials reported that three commercial LPG cylinders exploded during the incident, with a total of ten burnt cylinders later recovered from the site. The intensity of the fire prompted authorities to escalate the response, ultimately deploying nine fire tenders to the scene. The fire was brought under control by around 5:40 a.m. after nearly an hour of intensive efforts.

During the operation, firefighters rescued a 70-year-old woman, identified as Sita Devi, from the second floor...