India, Feb. 21 -- The death toll in Faridabad fire incident rose to three after a firefighter, who was under treatment at Safdarjung hospital in Delhi succumbed to his burn injuries on Friday.

Police identified the deceased as Bhuvi Chand, 45, from Rampur Khor village in Palwal, posted at the NIT fire station in Faridabad.

According to police, he was along the first five to sustain burn injuries while trying to douse the flames in one of the five CNC machines after an explosion happened inside a steel company in Sector 24 on Monday.

Rakesh Yadav, fire officer of Sector 25 fire station in Faridabad, said Chand had to be shifted to a ventilator on Thursday evening after his condition deteriorated. "He died between 2.30pm and 3pm on Frida...