The blaze broke out before dawn at Hotel Arpit Palace in a congested part of central Delhi NEW DELHI: At least nine people were killed and three others injured when a fire engulfed a hotel in New Delhi on Tuesday, a senior official said. The blaze broke out before dawn at Hotel Arpit Palace in a congested part of central Delhi. "Nine people are dead including a woman and a child. Three people are injured," G.C. Misra, the director of Delhi Fire Services, told AFP.