India, Jan. 4 -- As many as 27 residents were safely evacuated after a fire broke out in an 18-storey residential building in Andheri (West) on Saturday afternoon, filling the premises with thick smoke and triggering panic. A 27-year-old resident and three firemen sustained minor injuries, for which they are undergoing treatment.

The fire erupted around 2.35 pm on the first floor of Chandiwala Pearl Regency, located on SV Road, and was completely extinguished by 4.35 pm. Fire officials said the blaze originated from the electrical duct on the first floor and quickly spread up to the fourth floor, sending dense black smoke through the building's lobbies and common passages.

Samreen Shaikh, 27, was rushed to Cooper Hospital in Juhu after ...