Rs 10 lakh compensation for Kirari fire victims' kin

New Delhi, The Delhi government on Monday announced Rs 10 lakh compensation to the next of kin of those who died in a fire in national capital's Kirari area.

Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain also announced a compensation of Rs one lakh to the injured.

"There was an underground godown and it was the responsibility of the municipalities to check such irregularitieS," Jain told the media.

He also said that the government will bear the expenses of the treatment of the injured. Jain made the announcement after meeting the families of the victims in the Kirari fire.

He later tweeted: "Inspected Kirari fire where in a tragic incidence nine people died and three injured. Ordered Magisterial enquiry to fix responsibility. Delhi government to provide Rs 10 lakh compensation for deceased; Rs one lakh for those injured and their treatment."

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said there should not be any lapses in the treatment of the injured.

At least nine people were killed due to the fire at a clothes godown in the Kirari area here.

According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the godown was on the ground floor of a three-storey building and there was no fire safety equipment in the building.