LUCKNOW, April 8 -- Forty-fifty workers sleeping behind a junk warehouse had a close shave after it suddenly caught fire and turned massive in no time on Tuesday night.

The incident happened at Noorpur Bhadarsa, under the Sarojini Nagar police station limits.

"The fire unit reached the spot and saw that the fire had broken out in the junk warehouse in the basement, ground floor and first floor, which was burning ferociously," said Sumit Pratap Singh, fire station officer, Sarojini Nagar, who reached the site with three fire tenders.

"The building was filled with junk and mattress foam and the fire had engulfed the entire building. When we went behind the warehouse and looked, about 40-50 workers lived in the locality. Chief fire office...