Hyderabad: Thanks to the brave act of a Police Constable, around 20 people were saved on Monday after a fire broke out in a residential building in Masab Tank area.
Constable Bheem Rao, attached to Humayun Nagar Police Station, was on duty in a lane near the building when he was alerted by locals who saw smoke and flames coming out of a flat on the first floor of the five-storey structure.
“He rushed into the building and helped around 20 people, including women, children and elderly persons, safely come down to the ground floor,” Humayun Nagar SHO S Ravinder told PTI.
No one was injured in the apartment fire though some household articles were gutted, he said.
The SHO said the fire was reported at around 11.30 am and extinguished in about 30 minutes. Citing preliminary investigation, the police officer said electrical short-circuit caused the blaze. (PTI)
