new delhi two men in their twenties and an eightyearold child were charred to death when a fire broke out in a building housing a scrap shop and an adjoining storage room in west delhis kirti nagar late on thursday night the 34 hutments built atop the building were gutted causing the roof to collapse police are searching for the missing owner of the scrap shopwhile the dead boy and one man are yet to be identified the charred body of 20yearold rohit alias kalu a resident of nearby kamla nehru camp was found in a drain behind the godown the unfortunate youth is believed to have come to the site on hearing of the fire but got trapped while attempting to save some people trapped in the buildingthe fire was reported around 1050pm on thursday atul garg director delhi fire services said seven fire tenders were immediately rushed to the blaze spot fire personnel found that the fire had broken out in a scrap metal shop and the adjoining godown they were informed that a man and a child were trapped inside the building firemen entered the building and brought out both the man and the boy they were taken to a nearby hospital where both were declared brought dead said gargthe fire officer said that above the scrap godown built in a 100 square yard area there were 34 hutments these also completely burnt down and caused the roof of the building to cave ina delhi police team also reached the spot to carry out rescue operations deepak purohit dcp west said they had identified the owner of the scrap shop to be tony mehto a 50yearold man the shanties that were built on the top of the shop were owned by one monu who worked at the scrap shop one of the deceased and the child are yet to be identified we are making efforts to find out how they were rohits body was found in a drain behind the building it looks like rohit came to the spot when the fire started helped in firefighting but ended up getting trapped and was burnt to death said purohitthe dcp said police were ascertaining the cause of fire a possibility of a short circuit hasnt been ruled out he said a case under ipc sections 285 negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter and 304 punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder has been registered at kirti nagar police station the search for scrap dealer tony mehto who is absconding is under way