“A few of us employees managed to leave using the staircase in the initial moments after the fire was detected. However, as the flames intensified and spread upwards, the stairway got filled with smoke,” he said. Rescue personnel douse the flames at the site in Lucknow’s Aliganj on Monday. (Express photo by Vishal Srivastav) Officials said the biometric claim is being ascertained. Lavpreet Kaur from Delhi, who is a QC designer at the company, was among those who escaped by climbing down the cable.