An 81-year-old bedridden man and his granddaughter had a lucky escape, when a fire broke out in a flat below theirs on Thursday, thanks to alert neighbours, who told the Fire Brigade about them. Fire Brigade personnel broke open the locked door to their flat and rescued them.

The fire broke out due to a short circuit around 8 AM in the fridge in a flat at New Surya Co-operative Housing Society at Vasai West. No one was hurt in the incident. Residents Asha Shah, and her daughter, Vidhi, 18, ran out of the flat as they didn't know what to do and the fire began to spread. People in the other flat on their floor and other residents of the building also ran out.