India, March 13 -- Six people were severely injured in a fire that broke out inside a restaurant in New Delhi's Connaught Place on Thursday morning. Fire officials said a leak in an LPG cylinder in the restaurant's kitchen triggered the blaze.

The victims, all staffers employed at the restaurant were cleaning and setting up the eatery ahead of its opening, with three sustaining burns covering more than 70% of their bodies. Police and fire officials said the blaze was contained to only a section of the restaurant.

Firefighters said the restaurant's front seating area was intact, but the kitchen was severely damaged.

Delhi Fire Services (DFS) chief Atul Garg said a call about the fire at Bikkgane Biryani in P Block was received at 11.55a...