India, May 18 -- Nine people were rescued safely from a five-storey residential building in Delhi's Shahdara, which caught fire late on Saturday night, a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) officer said on Sunday.

While no one was injured, the evacuees were admitted to a hospital after they complained of breathing issues due to smoke inhalation, the officer said.

An alert of fire at Mansarovar Park area in Shahdara was received around midnight, the DFS officer said. "We rushed fire tenders to the spot. The fire had engulfed the building's parking area and the parked vehicles, trapping residents on the upper floors. With the help of ropes and ladders, the residents were rescued by being helped to reach an adjacent building or to come out of the bu...