Hyderabad, May 21 -- Around 3 pm on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, Hyderabad home guard Jaweed Khan was patrolling the Chatrinaka area when he noticed thick smoke and fire emerging from a building.

He quickly realised the building was engulfed in fire. Using presence of mind, Jaweed quickly parked his vehicle and ran up the stairs. "There were five women and two men on the first and second floors. I escorted them down safely," Jaweed told Siasat.com.

The fire accident was the third such incident reported in Hyderabad in three days. Sunday's Gulzar Houz fire mishap which claimed 17 lives, eight being children, all below the age of seven, was one of the most devastating in recent times.

After escorting the residents to safety, Jaweed spotted...