Indore Fire: Survivor Who Jumped Off Burning Building Says It's His "Rebirth"

Videos showed flames and thick smoke enveloping the building, causing sparks in electricity cables with people crying and screaming for help.

Tushar Badoliya Prajapati (19) sustained injuries after jumping off the terrace of a three-storey building in Vijay Nagar locality here as a major fire engulfed it on early Saturday morning. 7 die in fire at Indore building, nine rescued, the fire was triggered by short circuit in main electric supply system in the basement 5 people still hospitalized @ndtv@ndtvindiapic.twitter.com/Qtq89HYX95

But when he watched YouTube videos of the devastating blaze while lying on a bed at the Maharaja Yashwantrao Hospital, he felt as if he had got another life, escaping death narrowly.

Some others were not as lucky -- the fire claimed the lives of seven people, including a couple.