Priyanka Survivors of the fire at an east Delhi community hall during a transgender congregation, which left 14 people dead, recall the horror.

Monday morning saw survivors thronging to the close by Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital where the injured were admitted in a rush the previous evening. "We were all inside the community centre, meeting friends, when the fire started engulfing the place.

Three gas cylinders also exploded and within minutes, it was all over," said Chandini, a survivor. "The fire brigade reached after half an hour or so. And the police reached much later," she added.

Dr Varun Kulshreahtha, head of department, burns and plastic surgery, GTB Hospital said that 50 causalities were brought to the hospital. Twelve were brought in dead, five were admitted to other hospitals and 33 patients who have suffered 30 to 55 per cent burns are undergoing treatment, he said.

The patients are being treated at the burns ward, located on the first floor of the GTB Hospital. Many have suffered severe burns on their chest, arms and legs. Dr Kulshreahtha explained, "Anyone who has suffered 30 per cent or less burns has a fair chance of survival. There are about two patients who have suffered 50 to 55 per cent burns and six with 40 per cent burns. I see all of them as serious. One patient in particular, Sonia, has about 85 per cent burns on the body and has a very grim chance of survival," he observed.