However, the two labourers, who were hardly a week into their jobs as firecracker packagers, received major injuries, with Prakash suffering fractures in his legs and Sunita breaking her hip bone.
From Uttar Pradesh's Unna district, Prakash had started working at the unit three to four days ago. His cousins Rohit and Suraj Singh, who were already labourers there, died in the fire.
Prakash tried to run towards the ground floor but after he saw the dense smoke there, he ran upstairs and decided to jump and asked Sunita to follow.
Though Sunita's family is thankful that she survived the fire, they are worried about her injuries.
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Her son Mishri Lal said that his mother was referred to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital from the Maharishi Valmiki Hospital earlier today along with Prakash.
Lal said that his mother told him that the workers did not realise when the fire broke out.
"My mother told me that she was working on the second floor when smoke started engulfing the premises. All the workers started panicking and running. She managed to get outside where Prakash asked her to jump to save her life," he said.
Lal said that the family had moved to Delhi from Sitapur five days ago for better opportunities.
Now that Sunita is injured, Lal said that he has to support the family.
"My father is differently abled and I have two younger siblings. I work at a carton manufacturing unit. I have to stay strong during this time. I still do not know whether my mother will recover fully or not since the doctors are not telling us anything," he said.
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