India, Nov. 9 -- New DelhiA 30-year-old man was charred to death while another suffered burn injuries after a massive fire broke out in a slum cluster near Rithala metro station in northwest Delhi on Friday night. The fire allegedly turned nearly 500 jhuggis to ashes, rendering around 2,000 slum dwellers homeless, as per officials from the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) and Delhi Police.

While fire department officials said they were ascertaining the exact cause of the fire, residents of the slum claimed that a spark in the nearby electricity transformer led to the fire which expanded after some cooking gas cylinders caught the flames. The fire also claimed lives of some animals and gutted a few vehicles, a resident said.

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