Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh): A 56-year-old woman was killed and six others sustained injuries after a massive fire engulfed a five-storey restaurant on Rampur Road in Moradabad late Sunday night, police said.
According to Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Kumar Ranvijay Singh, the fire broke out under the Katghar police station limits. Firefighters and police teams quickly reached the spot and managed to rescue seven people, including the restaurant owner, Pradeep Srivastava.
The injured were rushed to the district hospital, where Srivastava’s mother, Maya Srivastava, was declared dead. The remaining six victims are undergoing treatment and are reported to be in stable condition, officials confirmed.
Preliminary investigations suggest that sparks from fireworks set off during a nearby wedding ceremony ignited gas cylinders in the restaurant’s kitchen, triggering a series of explosions that caused the blaze to spread rapidly from the basement up to the third floor.
Firefighters eventually brought the flames under control after hours of effort. Senior officials, including DIG Muniraj Ji and SDM Sadar Ram Mohan Meena, later inspected the site. Authorities have launched a detailed investigation to determine the exact cause of the fire.
