India, June 12 -- At least three people, including a 22-year-old man and two women, lost their lives while two others remain in critical condition after a fire engulfed a multi-storey residential building in southeast Delhi's Tughlakabad in the early hours of Friday.

The fire was reported around 2.03 am from Gali No. 1 in Tughlakabad, according to officials. The blaze started in the parking area on the ground floor of a building comprising a ground floor and five upper storeys, before thick smoke spread rapidly through the structure, earlier HT reported.

The incident comes days after a massive fire at a bed-and-breakfast facility in Hauz Rani on June 3, in which 23 people were killed.

Residents of the neighbourhood launched rescue effo...