By PTI
MUMBAI: Six people, including two minors, were killed and 40 injured after a fire broke out in a residential building in Mumbai’s Goregaon area in the early hours of Friday, civic officials said.
The blaze started around 3 a.m. at Jay Bhavani building, a ground-plus-seven structure, in Azad Nagar locality of Goregaon West, said an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The fire-affected residents were rushed to a trauma centre at Jogeshwari and the civic-run Cooper Hospital at Juhu, the official said.
#WATCH | Maharashtra | Latest visuals from the G+5 building in Goregoan, Mumbai where a level 2 fire broke out.As per Mumbai Police, the condition of six people rescued is critical. A total of 30 people have been rescued. https://t.co/G3Z0MihDc3 pic.twitter.com/Vn73WMFwFH
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Of them, doctors declared six including two minors and as many women dead. The others are being treated at both the facilities, a civic official said.
It took nearly four hours for the fire brigade to extinguish the fire. More than eight fire engines and other firefighting equipment were used in the operation, a civic official said.
Investigations are underway and more details are awaited.
MUMBAI: Six people, including two minors, were killed and 40 injured after a fire broke out in a residential building in Mumbai’s Goregaon area in the early hours of Friday, civic officials said.
The blaze started around 3 a.m. at Jay Bhavani building, a ground-plus-seven structure, in Azad Nagar locality of Goregaon West, said an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The fire-affected residents were rushed to a trauma centre at Jogeshwari and the civic-run Cooper Hospital at Juhu, the official said.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
#WATCH | Maharashtra | Latest visuals from the G+5 building in Goregoan, Mumbai where a level 2 fire broke out.
As per Mumbai Police, the condition of six people rescued is critical. A total of 30 people have been rescued. https://t.co/G3Z0MihDc3 pic.twitter.com/Vn73WMFwFH
— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2023
Of them, doctors declared six including two minors and as many women dead. The others are being treated at both the facilities, a civic official said.
It took nearly four hours for the fire brigade to extinguish the fire. More than eight fire engines and other firefighting equipment were used in the operation, a civic official said.
Investigations are underway and more details are awaited.
