New Delhi: A 74-year-old woman died and four persons suffered severe burn injuries when a fire broke out at a garments market in central Delhi's Karol Bagh today.


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The deceased, identified as Mathura Devi, lived adjacent to one of the six shops which were gutted in the fire.


"She couldn't escape and suspectedly died of suffocation," a police official said.


The fire was reported around 6.25 pm and five fire tenders were rushed to the spot.


The fire was doused by 7.50 pm after which a cooling operation was launched, a fire official said.


The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, the official added.