India, Nov. 11 -- Four members of a family, including a two-year-old girl, died when a devastating fire swept through a ground-plus-three-storey building in Vita town, Sangli district, on Monday morning.

Officials said the blaze erupted at around 9 am at Hanuman Steel Centre in the busy Savarkarnagar market area. The fire reportedly started on the ground floor, where the steel shop was located, and dense smoke quickly spread upward, engulfing the entire structure before firefighters could bring it under control.

The deceased were identified as Vishnu Pandurang Joshi (50), his wife Sunanda Vishnu Joshi (45), their daughter Priyanka Yogesh Ingale (25), and her daughter Shrushti Yogesh Ingale (2).

Two other family members, siblings Suraj ...