"All of them were non-locals and were working there for the past five years and so," Rahul Kumar, a guard at a nearby shop said.
Kumar said the devastating blaze broke out at around 5:00 a.m. local time when almost everyone in the neighborhood was asleep. The noise outside alerted Kumar, who rushed downstairs to enquire about it.
"Everyone was moving helter-skelter," he said. "After about half an hour people were shouting to inform fire service department and police."
Officials said they received first distress call about the fire at around 5:22 a.m. local time after which they rushed fire engines and firefighters to the spot.
Mohammed Khalid Hussain, a man in his late 30s, tried to convince policemen to let him inside the lane. Hussain, who lives blocks away from the spot, said his friends were residing inside the building.
"I want to go inside and see what happened to them," Hussain said. "They are from my village and were making handbags there. I talked to them over the phone last night and they told me they work until 4:00 in the morning."
Like Hussain, 60-year-old Shahzaduddin, waited for the police to let people move inside so that he could enquire about his neighbors and friends.
"I used to live here until a year back but now I live a few blocks away," he said. "I want to see if everyone there is alright and pray for the safety of my neighbors."
Shahzaduddin said when he arrived at the spot rescuers were removing victims to nearby hospitals in ambulances.
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