"Delhi factory fire: More than 40 dead in India blaze", 9 December 2019

A large fire has swept through a bag factory in the Indian capital Delhi, killing 43 workers... At least 100 people were sleeping inside the factory, which mainly makes school bags, when the fire started. More than 60 have been rescued...

A local fire chief... [said] the building did not have a proper fire licence and was operating illegally as a factory.

Local media reported that the owner of the factory... Rehan, had been arrested... 

Rescuers had to carry out victims on their shoulders one-by-one with firefighters cutting away window grills to access the building.

It is not clear what caused the blaze but an investigation has been ordered. An initial probe and eyewitnesses suggested a short circuit may have been to blame...

Victims' relatives have been scrambling for information...