India, Oct. 26 -- Eight people, including three children, were rescued on Sunday after a fire broke out on the second floor of Agarwal Residency in Mumbai's Kandivali West, Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) officials said.

The MFB was alerted about the fire at 7.45 a.m. "The fire was doused by 8.05 am. The blaze was confined to electric wiring, installations, and wooden furniture in the living room of a flat on the second floor of a ground-plus-sixteen-storey residential building," an official said.

"The thick black smoke had made it difficult for the residents to escape the building. The MFB brought eight people - two males, three females, and three children, including a three-year-old infant - down," the official added.

The Kothari family, w...