At least nine people, including four women and three children, have died in Delhi in a fire that broke out in a residential building early on Monday, an official in the city's fire department has confirmed. 

The four-storey building is situated in the Kirari area of northwest Delhi.

According to the official the fire broke out on the ground floor of the building, which was converted into a clothes-storehouse.

The incident was the second major fire in the Indian capital city this month. 

On December 8 as many as 43 people, mostly laborers, died in a devastating fire in north Delhi's Filmistan area. A subsequent investigation revealed that the building was illegally built and running as a commercial unit without proper licenses or fire-fighting equipment.  

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