India, June 13 -- NEW DELHI

Family members of the three who died in a fire at a five-storey building in Tughlakabad Extension on Friday morning said 28-year-old Pankaj Pandey took responsibility of the family two years ago, after losing his father to cancer. He sought to fund his sisters' education and dreamt of owning a house - one that he fulfilled in 2024.

But the dream cost him his life, the family said.

"They were on the fourth floor and got trapped because there was no way out. Others in the building managed to escape," said Pandey's uncle, Suresh Chand Pandey, 50, who lives in Faridabad.

The family was among those trapped when a fire broke out in the parking area of a five-storey residential building in Tughlakabad Extension in...