New Delhi, March 18 -- A devastating fire tore through a multi-storey residential building in Delhi's Palam area on Wednesday, leaving at least seven people feared dead, including three children, and several others injured. Emergency teams raced against time to rescue occupants as flames engulfed the structure, which housed both commercial storage and residential units.

According to officials, the blaze erupted in a building comprising a basement, ground floor and four upper storeys, topped with a temporary tin shed. The lower levels-basement, ground and first floor-were being used to store clothes and cosmetics, while families resided on the second and third floors.

The presence of flammable materials is likely to have intensified the ...