India, June 18 -- The Air India plane crash on 12 June in Ahmedabad triggered a swift emergency response, with local residents rushing to help. Among the first to arrive was Raju Patel, a 56-year-old construction businessman, who reached the site with his team within five minutes of the crash.

The aircraft went down at the canteen of the BJ Medical College, where students were having lunch at the time. Visuals from the scene showed a massive blaze erupting on impact.

"For the first 15 to 20 minutes, we could barely get close. The fire was too intense," Times of India quoted Raju Patel as saying.

He said that once emergency services arrived, his team began helping, using sarees and bedsheets to carry the injured in the absence of stretc...