New Delhi: Six people died due to suffocation while two were injured after a fire broke out in a house in Delhi on Friday.

“Six people in a family were found dead in their house in the Shastri Park area after they inhaled carbon monoxide produced from the burning Mosquito coil that had fallen over a mattress sometime during the night.

The toxic fumes caused inmates to lose consciousness and later died due to suffocation,” said DCP North East district Joy Tirkey.

“The deceased include four adult males, an adult female and a half-year-old child. The injured include a 15-year-old girl and an adult male,” said Joy Tirkey.

The police control room received a distress call around 9am at the Shastri Park police station that fire had broken out in the house at Mazar Wala Road, Machhi Market, Shastri Park, he said.

“A police team rushed to the spot and found that the injured had been taken to the Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital. Total nine persons were involved in the incident,” he said.

“Two persons, including a 15-year-old girl are getting treated for the burn injuries,” said the official.