India, March 3 -- A woman in her 40s was charred to death after a blaze broke out at a four-storey residential building in the Motia Khan area of central Delhi, police officers and fire officials said on Sunday, adding that two firefighters were injured while battling the flames.

The fire also triggered multiple cylinder blasts inside the building, leading to it partially collapsing, the officials said.

Police said the incident took place at around 3pm on Sunday afternoon, when the deceased, identified as Hemlata Singh, was alone at home. Her family was out buying groceries at the time that the fire broke out.

Fire officials said they suspect Singh was in the kitchen on the ground floor when a cooking cylinder exploded, and a major fir...