Mumbai Jan 22 PTI At least seven persons were killed and 16 others injured in a major fire that broke out on the 18th floor of a residential building in Tardeo area of central Mumbai on Saturday morning an official said The blaze erupted around 7 am in Kamla building located opposite Gandhi Hospital at Gowalia Tank when many of its residents were still asleep the official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said It is a ground plus 20-storey building The fire broke out on its 18th floor On being alerted the fire brigade personnel and police rushed the spot Several persons were injured in the incident and they were taken to different nearby hospitals he said Out of the seven injured taken to the Nair Hospital five died while two others succumbed to their injuries at two other hospitals - one each in Bhatia Hospital and Kasturba Hospital - he added At present 13 persons are undergoing treatment in Bhatia Hospital two in Nair Hospital and one in Kasturba Hospital the official said On being alerted 13 fire engines and seven water jetties were rushed to the building to douse the fire which was tagged as level-3 major At present the firefighters covered the blaze from all sides he said Soon after the fire broke out on the 18th floor residents started running out with their family members There are at least six flats on each floor The blaze engulfed the 18th and 19th floors and some residents were trapped there another official said He added that according to some residents the power supply in the building went off after the fire Many of the residents of the building were asleep when the fire broke out he said adding that firefighting operation is still on PTI DC NP NP
Mumbai Jan 22 PTI At least two persons were killed and 17 others injured three of them seriously in a major fire that broke out on the 18th floor of a residential building in Tardeo area of central Mumbai on Saturday morning an official said The blaze erupted around 7 am in Kamla building located opposite Gandhi Hospital at Gowalia Tank the official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC said It is a ground plus 20-storey building The fire broke out on its 18th floor On being alerted the fire brigade personnel and police rushed the spot Thirteen fire engines seven water jetties among others are involved in the firefighting operation he said adding that it was tagged as a level-3 major fire Several persons were injured in the fire While 15 of them were taken to the nearby Bhatia Hospital four others were rushed to the Nair Hospital the official said Doctors at the Nair Hospital said that two of them were brought dead while the condition of the remaining two is stable and they are being treated he said Doctors at the Bhatia Hospital said that of the 15 injured persons who were brought there 12 have been admitted to the general ward The condition of three others is critical and they are being treated in the intensive care unit ICU he added According to the official the firefighting and rescue operation is still on PTI DC NP NP
Mumbai Nov 30 PTI Four members of a family including a four-month-old child were injured in a fire that broke out after a cylinder blast at a chawl in Worli area of Mumbai on Tuesday morning a fire official said The infant and another injured person were reported to be critical he said The incident took place in a BDD chawl tenement located on Ganpatrao Jadhav Marg in Worli area the official said Following a cylinder blast a fire broke out in the room where the family was residing in the chawl he said It was a level-1 blaze A fire fighter and a water tanker were rushed to the spot and the blaze was later doused the official said The four injured persons were undergoing treatment at the Nair Hospital The condition of the infant and another person Anand Puri 27 was critical the official said PTI ZA GK GK
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