NEW DELHI, Aug. 18 -- Two people, including a 17-year-old boy, died on Monday after a fire broke out at their residence in west Delhi. Both the victims worked as e-rickshaw drivers and it is suspected that an e-battery that was being charged on the floor below exploded.

The incident took place around 4:40am and the victims have been identified as Mohammad Sufed and his uncle, Mohammad Sahmad (38), both originally from Bhagalpur in Bihar.

A preliminary investigation showed that the fire started after one of the portable e-rickshaw batteries that were being charged on the ground floor of the building exploded, though an investigation in the matter is still ongoing, fire officials said.

The Delhi Fire Services received a call about the bl...