India, Sept. 8 -- A sudden blast in the early hours of Monday, when all members in the house were apparently asleep, has left a family in Faridabad devastated.

So swift was the spread of the fire and smoke, that three of the family, and their pet dog, died. Only a son managed to save himself by jumping off the balcony of the house. Police said the survivor, Aryan Kapoor, 24, suffered fractures in his legs and is undergoing treatment at a hospital.

A short-circuit is suspected to have caused the fire in the AC, the compressor of which exploded.

The family lived on the second floor of their rented four-storey building in Green Field Colony.

It was around 3.30 am when they woke up to the blast and fire.

All of them, including the dog, t...