AdvertisementForensics team members take photographs of the site following a fire that broke out at a hotel in New Delhi on Jun 3, 2026. (Photo: AFP/Arun Sankar)Arun SANKAR / AFP04 Jun 2026 02:06PM (Updated: 04 Jun 2026 02:13PM) Bookmark Bookmark WhatsApp Telegram Facebook Twitter Email LinkedInAdd CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results.Read a summary of this article on FAST.Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try.Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FASTFAST NEW DELHI: Indian police have arrested the owner of a New Delhi hotel where a fire killed 21 people, as investigators probe safety failures.Police said owner Lavkesh Bajaj was arrested late on Wednesday (Jun 3), hours after the blaze gutted the building, killing at least nine Indians and several foreigners.Two foreigners have so far been identified - one a citizen of Liberia and another from Mozambique.Building fires in India are common due to a lack of firefighting equipment and routine disregard for safety regulations.A crowd gathers near the site following a fire that broke out at a hotel in New Delhi on Jun 3, 2026. (Photo: AFP/Arun Sankar)People trapped on upper floors were seen jumping onto mattresses below as fire ripped through the Flourish Stay hotel in a densely packed neighbourhood of the city.Several residents were taken to hospital suffering from severe burns, as well as fractured bones after leaping onto the street.In a separate fire on Thursday morning, at least four people died in an intensive care ward in a hospital in Muzaffarpur in the eastern state of Bihar, district government official Subrat Kumar Sen said.Source: AFP/dcNewsletterMorning BriefSubscribe to CNA’s Morning BriefAn automated curation of our top stories to start your day.Sign up for our newslettersGet our pick of top stories and thought-provoking articles in your inboxSubscribe hereGet the CNA appStay updated with notifications for breaking news and our best storiesDownload hereGet WhatsApp alertsJoin our channel for the top reads for the day on your preferred chat appJoin hereAlso worth readingContent is loading...Expand to read the full storyGet bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try.Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FASTFAST