Hyderabad, Jan. 25 -- A major fire broke out in a furniture shop located in the ground floor of a four-storey building in the busy commercial area of Nampally in Hyderabad on Saturday evening, the police said, adding at least five persons are feared trapped inside the building.

Hyderabad police commissioner V C Sajjannar said the fire broke out in Bacha Furniture Shop in Nampally at around 5 pm. "The local police, along with disaster response teas are engaged in rescue operations. Traffic movement in the area has been severely disrupted," he said.

According to preliminary information, the fire started in the furniture shop on the ground floor and quickly spread upward to the top floor, with flames raging intensely for several hours. The...