"Fires come in red and blues. The blue ones are more lethal. And the roar tells you so much on what exactly the blaze is feeding on", Bipin tells BBC. 59-year-old Ganatra isn't a professional fireman. This ordinary man worked odd jobs all his life but his zeal for voluntarily fighting fire is what makes him a real fireman.

He has been awarded a rare volunteer's steel ID card for his services.

Mr. Ganatra doesn't sleep much. He "hunts" fires by watching the news on his TV (gifted by friends), all day and night. Whenever a news of a blaze breaks, he calls up the fire brigade HQ, takes a taxi and goes to the site. He is a part-time electrician, otherwise.