Mumbai Fire: Blaze Breaks Out At Residential Building, Fire Tenders At Spot

As many as eight people who were trapped inside have been rescued by fire brigade. No casualties or injuries have been reported yet.

A fire broke out at a residential building near Dreamland Cinema, Charni road in Mumbai on Sunday.

New Delhi: A fire broke out at a residential building near Dreamland Cinema, Charni road in Mumbai on Sunday. Fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the flames. As many as eight people who were trapped inside have been rescued by fire brigade. No casualties or injuries have been reported yet. Rescue operations is underway.

#UPDATE: Eight people, stranded in the building, have been rescued by the fire brigade. Search operation is still underway. https://t.co/MI57B8wQaD

— ANI (@ANI) October 13, 2019

This is not first such incedent in Mumbai. Earlier last month, a fire broke out on the 12th floor of a posh high-rise residential building in Dadar, in which four people were killed and 16 were injured. Dozens of people were rescued from different floors of the 17-storey Crystal Tower building near Hindmata Cinema. The blaze, however, was later brought under control. Watch | Mumbai: A level-3 fire breaks out at a residential building near Charni road Besides, in an incident that took place in December last year, a fire that started at a rooftop pub hosting a birthday party spread rapidly through the building, killing 14 people, most of them women, shortly after midnight in a posh Mumbai locality. There were allegations that civic authorities have turned a blind eye to construction irregularities and violation of fire safety norms in the compound. (Details awaited)