Fire kills 17, injures 4 at New Delhi hotel
NEW DELHI — A fire engulfed a shoddily built budget hotel in central New Delhi early Tuesday, killing 17 people and injuring at least four others, including a woman from Myanmar who leaped from an upper floor to escape the flames, Indian authorities said.Hotel guest Sivanand Chand, 43, said he was jolted awake around 4 a.m., struggling to breathe."When I got out of my room, I could hear 'help, help!' from adjoining rooms," Chand said.The hallway was pitch black and thick with smoke, so Cha
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