At least 21, mostly foreign nationals, dead in fire at India hotel

New Delhi - At least 21 people were killed by a fire that tore through a hotel in India's capital city on Wednesday morning, police said. The fire started around 8:50 a.m. local time (about 11 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday) in the ground floor restaurant of the Flourish Inn Stay hotel in southern Delhi's Malviya Nagar neighborhood. It quickly spread to upper floors, where many people were still asleep in their rooms. Videos showed some people jumping from the upper floors of the five-story building to escape the smoke and flames. "I saw at least two people jumping out from the windows," local resident Vasim Raja, who was one of the first people to reach the scene, told CBS News. "Rescuers took time to reach the spot but we brought out seven people from the basement of the building before any rescuers arrived." Firefighters and rescue personnel conduct rescue and recovery operations after a massive fire at the Flourish Inn Stay hotel on June 3, 2026 in New Delhi, India. Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times via Getty Images Authorities said 47 people were in the building when the fire broke out, and police confirmed that at least 21 people, including 17 foreign nationals from African and central Asian nations, had died. The hotel is popular with people who come for treatment at the Max Hospital Saket, a major healthcare facility just 50 yards away. …