Over 20 people from six families were rescued safely on Friday morning after a fire broke out at an Electric Vehicle (EV) showroom in Indore, trapping residents who lived on the upper floors of the mixed-use building.  Police and fire brigade teams, aided by neighbours, used ladders and ropes to bring them down. The incident occurred around 8 A.M. near Khalsa Chowk in the Lasudia area. The fire started in the EV showroom located on the ground floor of the apartment complex. Residents sleeping in flats above woke up when their rooms filled with smoke and they began experiencing breathing difficulties. With flames rising from below, the exit route was blocked and residents on the upper floors were unable to come down. Hearing screams, residents of a nearby multi-story building stepped forward to help. They arranged ladders and ropes and instructed those trapped to move to the roof. A path was created by connecting ladders between the two roofs. Ropes were tied to window frames and structural angles and tossed across. Some of the trapped …