Mumbai:

Several people are feared stranded in a high-rise in south Mumbai’s Byculla area as a major fire erupted in the multi-story tower around midnight, a civic official said.

According to preliminary information, the blaze erupted in a flat on the 10th floor of the Monte South building’s A wing in the Khatao Mill Compound in Byculla (W) around 11:42 pm, the official said.

There is no report of any injury so far but several people are feared stranded. However their exact number is not yet known, the official added.

The fire is confined to the 10th floor flat but smoke has filled the entire floor and some people are stranded on the building’s upper floors, the official further said.

At least eight fire tenders and other fire brigade vehicles are at the spot. An operation to rescue the people stranded is also underway, the official said.

Mumbai Fire Brigade, Mumbai Police, 108 Ambulance, BEST’s power wing, and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s local ward staff quickly mobilised at the spot.

The cause of the fire is not yet known. Further details about it are awaited.

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Mumbai:

Six People were killed and 40 injured after a massive fire broke out at a 7-storey building in Mumbai’s Goregaon today.

Out of the six people who were killed in the fire, including one male and five females, two were minors. Of the 40 people who were injured, 12 were males and 28 were females, including one minor.

The injured were taken to two hospitals, HBT Hospital and Cooper Hospital, in Mumbai. 

The fire started around 3 am at Jay Bhavani building in Goregaon West’s Azad nagar locality, a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The injured residents were taken to a trauma center in Jogeshwari and Cooper Hospital in Juhu.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

More details are awaited. 

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Mumbai:

A 60-year-old man died of suffocation after a fire broke out in a 15-storey residential building in Mumbai’s Dadar area on Saturday morning, a fire official said.

The fire started in flat number 1302 on the 13th floor of the Raintree building at Hindu Colony around 8.30 am. The apartment was stuffed with household materials and locked, the official said.

Though the fire was brought under control in half an hour, a resident of the building, Sachin Patkar, became unconscious due to the smoke, the official said.

Patkar was rushed to the civic-run Sion hospital where doctors declared him dead, the official said.

Two fire engines, a water tanker and other firefighting equipment were pressed to douse the fire. The exact cause is yet to be determined, he added. 

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