7-month-old Among 5 Killed, 2 Injured as House Catches Fire in Ghaziabad's Loni Area | VIDEo

Ghaziabad: At least five people including a 7-month-old baby were killed and two others were injured after a fire broke out in a residential building here.

Upon receiving the information about the fire in the building in Behta Hajipur under the Loni Border police station area police personnel and firefighters rushed to the spot and rescued a woman and a child from the building,  Ankur Vihar Bhaskar Verma, Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) told PTI.

The senior added that as per preliminary investigation, a short circuit led to the fire.

The deceased have been identified as Saiful Rehman (35), his wife Nazira (32), daughter Isra (7), Faiz (7-month-old) and Farheen alias Parveen (25).

The injured, Arsh (10) and Uzma (25), were admitted to GTB Hospital in Delhi. Arsh was later discharged, they said. 

Furthermore, Additional Police Commissioner, Ghaziabad Dinesh Kumar P told the news agency that the fire started on the ground floor of the building and quickly spread to the first and second floors, trapping the residents.

Later, the fire spread due to foam kept in the house. Five bodies were recovered from the building, Kumar added.

(Inputs from PTI)