Mumbai: Fire at Marol building that killed 4 of family , II After Kamala Mills Compound, another fire breaks out in Mumbai, at least 4 dead , II At least 4 dead, 7 injured as fire breaks out in Mumbai’s Marol
A fire blazes in Maimoon building, Marol, early on Thursday morning. (ANI/Twitter)
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Four people died after a fire broke out in a residential in Marol in Mumbai’s Andheri East early on Thursday morning.
According to BMC Disaster Control, the blaze was reported at around 2 am in Maimuna Building in the sprawling Bohra Colony.
At least nine people trapped in the burning flat were rescued by firefighters, of which four were dead and the rest injured.
The injured were rushed to the Holy Spirit Hospital and their condition is reported to be stable.
The fire was brought under control by 5 am and fully extinguished later.
More details are awaited, including the cause of the fire.
The fire comes less than a week after 14 people were killed in a fire that broke out in the Kamala Mills compound.
Four people, including an eight-year-old boy, died in a fire that broke out in an apartment building in Mumbai's Marol. The fire broke out on the third story of the Maimoon building in Marol, Andheri.
Most of the building's residents managed to escape the blaze, but four - all from the same family - could not be rescued. Eye-witnesses spoke about hearing cries of "help-help", but said they could not be saved.
Eight fire tenders were sent to the spot and the fire was contained soon after it first broke out.
The fire, which broke out on the third floor of, is believed to have been caused by a short-circuit; detailed investigation into the cause of the blaze is yet to be carried out.
Of the four who died, two were children - a 15-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy. Seven other people were critically injured in the fire; they were taken to Mumbai's Cooper and Mukund hospitals.
Some of the eye-witnesses to the fire said the Mumbai Fire Brigade did not arrive at the spot on time.
Mumbai: Fire at Marol building that killed 4 of family , II After Kamala Mills Compound, another fire breaks out in Mumbai, at least 4 dead , II At least 4 dead, 7 injured as fire breaks out in Mumbai’s Marol
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