India, June 10 -- A father and his two children died on Tuesday when a fire broke out in their apartment in Delhi's Dwarka sector 13, police said. They jumped down from their flat in panic, but could not be saved. Details of their ages were not immediately available. The reason for the fire could also not be immediately ascertained.

The fire erupted in an apartment on the top floor of Shabad Apartment in Dwarka, near MRV school and eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames.

Dramatic visuals from the spot show massive flames erupting from the top floor of the apartment, sending a huge cloud of black smoke up in the air. People in the apartment two floors down are also seen coming out onto the balcony to take a look a...