A massive fire broke out in a three-storey building in the Begum Bazar area of Hyderabad on Wednesday morning, May 15. Firefighting personnel who arrived on the spot upon receiving information rescued a woman from the residential building apartment.
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Visuals from the site showed billowing black clouds of smoke. Dousing and rescue operations are underway. As of now, no casualties or injuries have been reported in the incident. Once the cooling operation is completed at the site, the reason for the fire will be investigated.
Around 10 people are reported to be trapped in the building. The fire spread to an adjacent plastic warehouse within the premises. The first floor houses a disposable plates warehouse, the second floor is the owner's residence, and a tenant family resides on the third floor. The fire originated in the scrap warehouse and quickly spread across all three floors.
A mother and her one-month-old baby, who were trapped in the blaze, were rescued by firefighters using a Bronto Skylift. Window panes were broken to allow rescue, and two other people trapped inside were brought out using a ladder.
Local MLA Raja Singh rushed to the spot as rescue operations continued. Authorities are working to gather full details of the incident.