Eyewitness recounts rescuing people from deadly building fire in New Delhi

Описание: (3 Jun 2026)
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New Delhi, India - 3 June 2026
1. Top shot of firefighters and rescue personnel at site of building fire, smoke from building 
2. Wide of burnt building
3. Wide of man looking at building from balcony 
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Shane Cruz, witness: 
“The only thing you want to do is to save people, but how do you save people other than trying to jump into the (building) to help them. So, we threw mattresses (on the ground) for them to jump there. That’s what all we did. But quickly we called the services, but the services took long. We tried to save as much people, we saved about... 10 people we saved.” 
5. Various of burnt building, police tape around area, police at site  
6. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Aman Yadav, witness: 
"We were all very scared. There was a lot of chaos in the neighborhood. People were running here and there, people were also throwing buckets of water (into the fire), but the fire could not be extinguished. The fire was very intense. So, we were frightened and hoping that the fire is brought under control. The fire was brought under control after the fire brigade arrived.” 
7. Mid of police standing next to burnt building, police tape around area 
8. Various of police tape on road leading to site 
STORYLINE:
A witness said on Wednesday that there was "chaos in the neighborhood" when a deadly fire swept through a building in a New Delhi neighborhood on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring several others.

Shane Cruz explained that bystanders had joined rescue efforts, helping evacuate people trapped inside and carrying some of the injured to safety.

"We threw mattresses (on the ground) for them to jump there," he said.

"People were also throwing buckets of water (into the fire), but the fire could not be extinguished," Cruz added.

The blaze was eventually extinguished with the help of eight fire engines, and more than 40 people were rescued and taken to nearby hospitals, Delhi police said in a statement.

The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.

The predominantly residential area is densely populated and is popular with students and young professionals.

AP video by Piyush Nagpal and Manish Swarup

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