STORY: Rescuers recovered at least five bodies in Hyderabad on Sunday (January 25), after a fire razed through a furniture shop in the southern Indian city.

The fire broke out on Saturday (January 24) in the Nampally area, with firefighters battling the blaze for over 20 hours, bringing it under control on Sunday, according to local media reports.

"Five people were trapped…so we have retrieved (recovered) all the five bodies,” said Telangana Fire Directorate General, Vikram Singh Mann.

The victims were watchmen, who were living in the basement of the furniture shop, Mann added.

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SHOWS: HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, INDIA (JANUARY 25, 2026) (ANI - No use India)

1. SMOKE RISING FROM FURNITURE SHOP, OFFICIALS LOOKING ON, CRANE AT SITE

2. FIREFIGHTERS WORKING AT SITE

3. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS DOUSING FIRE WITH HOSE

4. VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF SHOP BEING DEMOLISHED

5. FIREFIGHTERS INSIDE CHARRED SHOP

6. WOMEN WEEPING

7. SECURITY PERSONNEL AT SITE

8. FURNITURE SEEN INSIDE SHOP, SMOKE RISING

9. FIREFIGHTERS DOUSING FIRE INSIDE BASEMENT

10. WATER BEING SPRAYED THROUGH GRILL

11. AMBULANCE AT SITE

12. RECOVERED BODY BEING MOVED TO AMBULANCE

13. AMBULANCE LEAVING

14. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TELANGANA FIRE DIRECTORATE GENERAL, VIKRAM SINGH MANN, SAYING:

"Five people were trapped…so we have retrieved (recovered) all the five bodies. The first body…we retrieved today morning around 9:15 am (3:45 am GMT), and just now, the fifth body has also been retrieved. All the bodies have been sent to Osmania Hospital."

REPORTER ASKING: "Were they working here?"

"They were (like) the watchmen. Their family… they were working here and they (furniture shop owners) had given them accommodation in the basement."

15. VARIOUS OF CRANE DRILLING OVER BASEMENT / CRANE CLEARING DEBRIS

16. VARIOUS OF WOMEN WEEPING

17. FIREFIGHTERS DOUSING FIRE INSIDE BASEMENT

18. FIREFIGHTER DESCENDING INTO BASEMENT

19. LOCALS STANDING OUTSIDE CORDONED AREA

20. FIRE AMBULANCE PARKED NEAR SITE