Video: Terrified guests jump from upper floors as fire tears through Delhi hotel

Harrowing visuals from the deadly hotel fire in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar, which claimed 21 lives, have surfaced online, showing trapped occupants jumping from upper floors in a desperate bid to escape the blaze. A viral video captures at least three men jumping from the second and third floors as locals gather below to help break their fall and pull them to safety.

Thick smoke can be seen billowing from the five-storey building as panic-stricken guests escape the blaze. The footage also captures frantic residents shouting instructions to those trapped inside, asking them to move to a safer side of the hotel and jump.