Gurgaon: 6-year-old dead, over 100 huts gutted in fire

A six-year-old boy died and over 100 huts were gutted – leaving scores homeless – after a fire broke out in a slum in Gurgaon’s DLF Phase I a little after 3 am on Monday. Fire department officials said they received a call about the fire around 3.30 am and rushed four fire tenders to the spot. "Three of the tenders returned around 6 am after dousing the fire but one was kept at the spot till 10 am as a precautionary measure," said an official. The only casualty was identified as six-year-old Farman, the son of a labourer. Eyewitnesses claimed the child was sleeping in a hut with his brother and grandparents when the fire broke out, and was killed when the hut collapsed on top of him, even as his family struggled to rescue him.