India, March 18 -- Nine of a family died in the fire that broke out in a multi-storey residential building near Shri Ram Chowk, close to the Palam Metro station in southwest Delhi on Wednesday morning.

Nearly 30 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the blaze and carry out rescue operations.

The deceased include family head Rajendra's wife Laado and her first and third sons - Kamal, Parvesh as well as their daughter Himanshi; Kamal's wife Ashu and three daughters; fourth son Anil's wife and daughter Deepika.

Three of those trapped in the fire - Anil (32), fifth son Sachin (29) and two-year old Mitali -jumped off for safety and were injured.

The five-storey building had a cloth and cosmetic showroom on the ground and first floo...