A fire broke out in a highrise in the Dunlop area on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday following an LPG cylinder blast, a fire department official said.
Four fire-tenders were pressed into service as firefighters took a couple of hours to bring the flames under control. They also rescued a few women and children from the building.
The matter was reported around 11am when locals heard a huge blast from the second floor of a building which housed a few restaurants and other offices, he added.
"The fire is under control and we are carrying out a cooling process. No one was injured and we rescued a few women and children stuck inside. We disconnected the electric connectivity as one of our precautionary measures to control and douse the blaze," the officer added.