The two fatalities are suspected to have been caused by asphyxiation and body burns, according to Dr. Bhudev Singh, CMO.
Digital Desk: In the early morning of Thursday, a fire started at a hotel in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, killing at least two people. The fire that started at Hotel Vrindavan Garden at around 6.30 am which leaves one other person badly injured. The deceased have been identified as Umesh, 30, and Biri Singh, 40, both employees of the hotel.
According to news agency ANI, the fire started in the kitchen store room on the top floor of the hotel on Mathura-Vrindavan Road. Two ambulances and two fire tenders were rushed immediately to the incident site, it added.
"When they arrived, they saw that the first floor's storeroom was on fire (of the hotel). There were approximately 100 guests in the hotel, and they were all evacuated. After a one and a half hour battle, the fire brigade was able to put out the flames "Mathura's top fire officer, Pramod Sharma, was reported by ANI as saying.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, according to Suraj Sharma, SHO of Vrindavan, who added that at first sight, it appears to be an electrical short circuit.
The two fatalities are suspected to have been caused by asphyxiation and body burns, according to Dr. Bhudev Singh, CMO.
The injured person, Bijendra Singh, has been sent to the hospital in Agra.
The hotel does not have a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the fire department, according to the newspaper quoting sources. In this regard, the department has also given the hotel a notice.
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