The Arpit Palace hotel in Karol Bagh, Delhi, witnessed a huge horror as it suddenly caught fire, with the unexpected event leading to deaths of more than 10 people, who were charred to death. While few unfortunately could not escape death, here are the accounts of few who survived the horror of the fire accident.

As said by one of the survivors, a guest staying in the hotel, people were rushing in the corridor towards exits, and it was literally a stampede situation, with people jumping from fourth floor. Himanshu, whose father works as a supervisor in the hotel's Kitchen, revealed that his father could not be found by himself nor his family even in the hospital, and police believe that he could be one among the yet to be identified bodies.

As cops describe, there were bodies in every floor of the hotel with dead people holding hands , there was no electricity and reportedly, they suspect hotel staff to have deserted the guests, looking at their own safety. Of the total 17 people who lost their lives in the fatal accident, three were from Kerala who had come to Delhi for a wedding.