Hyderabad, April 12 -- A woman was seen dangling a toddler in the air from a balcony after a fire broke out in a residential complex in Ahmedabad on Friday, April 11. At least 18 people were rescued from the multi-storey building in Khokhra area of the city.

The fire began around 3:30 pm and was brought under control by 6 pm, said an official at the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) control room. No one was injured, he added.

The incident caught the attention of social media users after a video went viral showing two children being passed down from the open window/balcony of a staircase passage as black smoke billowed from the floor. They were followed by a woman who tried to climb down through the same opening and almost fel...