India, June 13 -- NoidaAn octogenarian couple was rescued after a fire broke out on their fourth-floor house of an eight-storey residential building in Sector 50 on Thursday night, police said, adding that the fire began due to a short circuit. Fire officials said no injuries were reported and the blaze was brought under control within an hour and a half.

"On Thursday, at around 9.30 pm, the fire control room received information that a fire had broken out in a flat at Overseas Apartments in Sector 50," said Yogendra Prasad, fire officer, Phase 3.

Upon receiving the information, fire engines from nearby fire stations were sent to the spot and it was found that the flat was locked from inside.

"As we noticed that the couple - an 86-year...