India, March 30 -- Several residents of a five-storey residence in northeast Delhi's Dayalpur were injured after they jumped out to escape a fire that had broken out in the early hours of Sunday. Police said the fire was brought under control in around four hours and no casualties were reported.

Officials from the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said the fire broke out around 2.30am and is suspected to have started from the parking area on the ground floor. Two scooters and a motorcycle parked in the stilt area caught fire, leading to dense smoke rapidly spreading to the upper floors and trapping the residents, officials added.

Haider Ali, 30, who lives with his family on the second floor, said everyone was sleeping when the fire broke out. "...