India, June 4 -- An early morning fire on Wednesday in Flourish Stay, a bed-and-breakfast in Hauz Rani, south Delhi, killed at least 21 people, including 12 foreign nationals, with significant violations by the establishment highlighting the lax regulatory and monitoring regime in the Capital only four days after the collapse of an illegal building in adjacent Saidulajab killed six people.

Most of the victims of the fire, one of Delhi's worst in years, were either people visiting India for their medical treatment or caregivers of patients who found it convenient to stay in the bed-and-breakfast (B&B), one of many in Hauz Rani, which is close to one the city's biggest private hospitals. The crowded area made it difficult for fire tenders ...