BANGALORE, INDIA: After the example of AwesomeIndianThings, the impact and reach of Twitter can be sensed from the incidental fire in a building in Bangalore that is now trending on Twitter.

All the informations about the location of the building, number of people, the present situation are being shared among the tweeters.

Interestingly, with roughly 120 tweets coming over in one minute, the talks about the incident are much more informative than the news reports being updated on the news sites.

Some of the tweets are:
prajnyan 5feared dead, many stuck in the Fire broke out in carlton towers, old airport road #bangalore

notesfromabhi Fire in Carlton Tower in Bangalore. Hope everyone is safe. Prayers for those trapped in. @jackerhack is tweeting from inside the tower

indianterrain Tragic Fire in Bangalore, As confirmed by my sis who is currently in Diamond District, the adjacent building ! #bangalore

themiddlepath: The fire @ Carlton Towers Bangalore is totally under control... Enuff ambulances & fire engines

The fire caught in the third and fourth floor of the eight storey building of Carlton Towers near Domlur flyover in Bangalore at Old Airport Road. Reports say that the fire which spread to the eighth floor as well is now under control by the fire department.