India, March 30 -- Four people, including a child, were injured after they jumped from the first floor of a residential building in northeast Delhi's Gokal Puri area to escape a fire that broke out in the early hours of Sunday.

The incident was reported around 2.30 am from a house in F block in the Chand Bagh area near Bhajanpura, when the building was engulfed in heavy smoke after two scooters and a motorcycle parked on the ground floor caught fire, the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said.

Eight other residents, including children, who were trapped on the second, third and fourth floors, also managed to save their lives when the firefighters reached the spot and rescued them.

An official said that by the time the firefighters reached the s...