Hyderabad, Jul 24 (PTI) Four members of a family, including an eight-year-old girl were seriously injured in a fire accident in a building here in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.

Fire and police personnel rescued about 20 people trapped in the building.

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The flames erupted on the ground floor of the three-storied building under Kulsumpura Police Station limits at around 1 am and subsequently spread to the first and second floors, they said.

After receiving information, fire tenders rushed to the spot and they doused the flames by 3 am.

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Four members of a family residing in the flat in the building suffered burns and were admitted to a state-run hospital, a senior Police official told PTI.

Two of the injured suffered about 90 per cent burns, while another sustained 50 per cent burns, a police official said adding the girl suffered 35 per cent burns.

The building owner was running a furniture manufacturing unit on the ground floor, police said, and added that the exact cause of the fire is being investigated.

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