A security guard dangling from the 19th floor of a fire-hit tower for a few minutes before crashing to the ground became the defining visual of Friday’s blaze at One Avighna Park, Currey Road. Arun Tiwari, 30, had rushed to a flat to alert its residents after noticing plumes of black smoke rising from there. While the residents scurried down to safety, Tiwari got caught and lost his life. 

The fire brigade received a call at 11.51 am about flames leaping from a flat in the B wing of the 61-storey, upscale housing complex. Avighna Park has 300 apartments though most of them are unoccupied. Authorities said a few families have started living there in the past few months. Most of the luxurious flats are 3 BHK, 4 BHK and 5 BHKs.