India, May 19 -- A fire broke out inside a commercial building housing restaurants and a coaching centre's library in Old Rajendra Nagar, central Delhi on Sunday, officials said, adding that there were no casualties as students and staff in the library and diners in the eateries were evacuated in time.

The fire gutted the second, third and fourth floors of the five-storey building. The second and third floors have restaurants while the fourth floor has the library. The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said they got a call about the fire at 11.08 am.

"We think the fire broke out due to an electrical fault. The fourth floor, where the students were, was covered with a tin shed. We rushed to the scene with eight fire tenders and later called two m...