Hyderabad, July 3 -- A fire broke out in a five-storey building in SR Nagar in Hyderabad on Thursday, July 3, marking the third incident in the city in the past 24 hours.

The fire broke out around 3:40 pm on the ground floor of the building operating Coffee Day restaurant. Fire officials suspect the cause to be a short circuit originating from the kitchen.

The building also operates a hotel named Krish Inn on the remaining floors. People present in the rooms started panicking, seeing smoke emerge from the lower floors.

However, fire officials responded promptly and rescued all the people from the building.

Four fire tenders responded to the incident and were able to douse the fire in about 30-40 minutes.

No injuries or casualties hav...