India, June 13 -- Three members of a family were killed and two others critically injured after a fire spread through a five-storied residential building in Delhi's Govindpuri area early Friday. Officials said it allegedly started in the parking area.

According to police, a PCR call reporting the blaze at a building in Tughlakabad Extension was received at Govindpuri police station around 2.31 am. Local police teams rushed to the spot, soon joined by senior officers. Firefighters, CATS ambulances and other emergency responders were then mobilised for rescue operations.

The deceased were identified as Pankaj, 28, his grandmother Sushila Devi, 70, and his sister Soni, 20, all residents of the building's third floor. Two other family membe...