Rescue team finds four bodies from furniture shop

In Hyderabad, rescue teams recovered four bodies from a Nampally furniture shop that caught fire on Saturday. Efforts continue to locate two more trapped persons in the cellar. Officials suspect asphyxiation amid large quantities of combustible materials

Hyderabad: The rescue teams on Sunday managed to bring out four bodies from the furniture shop at Nampally that caught fire on Saturday.

Several teams of the fire department, disaster response force, police and NDRF were searching for the persons who were trapped in the building. The teams are searching for two more persons who were trapped in the second cellar in the building.

The fire broke out in the building on Saturday afternoon and the fire fighters brought the fire under control late in the night. The efforts to rescue the persons who were trapped in the cellar were continuing since evening.

The victims had died reportedly due to asphyxiation the official suspect. A huge quantify of combustible material were dumped in the cellar in the building.