India, Oct. 22 -- Two minor siblings were safely rescued after a fire broke out in a house in Balbir Nagar Extension near Shahdara in east Delhi in the early hours of Thursday, trapping them inside a room on the ground floor, fire department officials said.

Both rescued children, aged around 15 and 16, were rushed to Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital, where their condition is stated to be normal. However, it was not immediately known whether the teenagers were injured in the fire.

A Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official said the fire control room received a call at 1.50am, regarding a fire in a house in Balbir Nagar Extension, Gali Number-16, Nala Road. Initially, five water tenders were rushed from Shahdara fire station. Around 2am, one mor...