Fire officials and police said that the blaze in Mumbai building which killed four people, was first noticed around 3 a.m. this morning, and could have started in the electric meter cable box before spreading through the rest of the cable network.
The fire was put out at around 6:30 a.m., and everyone from the building has been evacuated. The injured have been admitted to the Rajawadi Hospital and other medical institutions.
The building was a slum redevelopment structure, according to local authorities.
At least four people were feared dead and eight others injured after a seven-storey building caught fire in the Mumbai suburb of Vikhroli early on Monday morning.
An elderly couple, their son and grandson perished in the fire.
Most victims were asleep when the fire broke out in the seven-storey Kailash Apartments in Vikhroli's Siddharth Nagar around 3.15 a.m., said a BMC Disaster Control official.
The deceased have been identified as Gautam Shalivan, 55, his wife Poornima, 50, son Vishal, 32, and grandson Ayush, 10.
Four people in nearby flats too were injured in the blaze and have been admitted to Sion Hospital.
Read more at:http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mumbai-building-fire-spread-through-cable-network-officials/1/322563.html
The fire was put out at around 6:30 a.m., and everyone from the building has been evacuated. The injured have been admitted to the Rajawadi Hospital and other medical institutions.
The building was a slum redevelopment structure, according to local authorities.
At least four people were feared dead and eight others injured after a seven-storey building caught fire in the Mumbai suburb of Vikhroli early on Monday morning.
An elderly couple, their son and grandson perished in the fire.
Most victims were asleep when the fire broke out in the seven-storey Kailash Apartments in Vikhroli's Siddharth Nagar around 3.15 a.m., said a BMC Disaster Control official.
The deceased have been identified as Gautam Shalivan, 55, his wife Poornima, 50, son Vishal, 32, and grandson Ayush, 10.
Four people in nearby flats too were injured in the blaze and have been admitted to Sion Hospital.
Read more at:http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mumbai-building-fire-spread-through-cable-network-officials/1/322563.html
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