Six people were injured in a fire early Monday at a restaurant in the INA market in south Delhi which also engulfed two adjacent fast food joints, officials said.

They said a call about the blaze at Kerala Restaurant, housed in shop number 211 near the INA Metro Station's gate number 2, was received at 3.18 am and seven fire tenders were pressed into service.

They took about two hours to douse the flames, a Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official said.

Some restaurant workers sleeping inside got injured in the fire that also gutted two adjacent Chinese fast food joints in shop number 213 and 214, he said.

According to police, they received a PCR call about the fire around 40 minutes later, at 3.57 am.

"Staff from the Kotla Mubarakpur Police Station rushed to the scene. Upon reaching the spot, they found the fire started in a restaurant resulting in injuries to six people who were rushed to hospitals," a senior police officer said.

According to police, the workers of the restaurant sleeping inside woke up due to the smoke and burning smell. When they noticed the fire they called their owner Sunil (46, who arrived at the spot. He has among those injured.

Sunil received 70 per cent burn injuries while Ashki Nepali (26) has sustained 10 per cent burn injuries.

Arun (18) has received 35 percent burn injuries, Shiva (26) 40 per cent burns, Shiv Kumar (24) has sustained 25 per cent burn injuries and Girish (42) received 40 per cent burn injuries.

"The victims were rushed to the Safdarjung and AIIMS Hospitals. A short circuit is suspected to have caused the fire. Further probe is underway," he said.

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