India, March 20 -- New Delhi

A day after nine persons, including three children, died in a fire in a multi-storey mixed-use building in southwest Delhi's Palam Colony, the Delhi Police said that their preliminary probe suggests that a short circuit in the main grid line located on the ground floor of the house led to the fire.

Police said that inquiries by the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) and a magisterial inquiry are still pending.

A senior police officer, requesting anonymity, said, "Forensic Science Lab (FSL) teams, DFS teams and crime teams were also called to find out where the fire started. As of now, it looks like the fire started in the main grid line of the house which is located on the ground floor. The FSL team said it seemed li...