An Accidental Death Report (ADR) has been registered by the Gamdevi police in the Nana Chowk fire case. When the fire broke out in the morning, many people were sleeping or were getting ready to go to work. But a few people still managed to show acts of courage.

Radhika Padwal, 65, lives on the fifth floor of this building with her husband Balkrishna Padwal, 72, and daughter Priya Padwal, 40. Balkrishna has undergone brain surgery, after which half of his body is paralysed and he is unable to walk properly. Radhika’s daughter Priya is mentally challenged. Padwal wakes up early in the morning to prepare food and she heard a loud bang when she was making rotis on Saturday morning. It was only after three to four minutes that Padwal saw smoke, and she started helping her husband and daughter down the stairs. Radhika told mid-day, “I needed help as my husband can’t walk, but no one here came forward to help. Everyone was trying to save their own life.”