Hyderabad, April 11 -- A minor fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building at Anandnagar in Chinthal Basti on Saturday morning, April 11. Firefighters arrived at the spot, extinguished the fire, and rescued 17 occupants of the building, preventing major damage and casualties.

The incident took place at Sri Sai Nilayam, a ground-plus-three-floor structure with a penthouse, at around 7:00 am.

"The fire erupted due to power fluctuations in the electric meters under a narrow stairwell in the ground plus three floored building with a penthouse," District Fire Officer, T Venkanna, told Siasat.com.

The occupants inside the building at the time included both youngsters in their early twenties and middle-aged residents above 50, who r...