The presence of mind shown by 58-year-old Jyoti Verma saved the lives of 20 workers, who along with 30 others, were trapped inside a burning four-storey footwear factory in outer Delhi’s Sultanpuri on Monday morning. Verma used a small bamboo ladder as a makeshift overbridge between the factory and the terrace of the two-storey building where she lives. Her timely action helped evacuate at least 20 workers. Verma rushed to her terrace and saw at least 10 workers screaming for help in an open window on the third floor of the factory. In the next half an hour, around 20 workers evacuated the factory using the ladder.

Source: Hindustan Times April 10, 2018 02:15 UTC