By PTI
MUMBAI: Seven people, including two minors, were killed and over 40 injured after a fire tore through a residential building in Mumbai’s Goregaon area in the early hours of Friday, a civic official said. A few of the injured are in critical condition.
As many as 30 residents were rescued from the terrace and various floors of the ground-plus-seven structure said an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The blaze started around 3 am at Jay Sandesh building in Goregaon West, the BMC 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
— ANI (@ANI) October 6, 2023
The fire-affected persons were rushed to a trauma centre at Jogeshwari and civic-run Cooper Hospital at Juhu, they said. Of them, doctors declared six including two minors and as many women dead.
Another person died during treatment, taking the toll to seven. Some of the injured persons are in critical condition, said officials.
Fire department personnel at work after a fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in Goregaon area on Friday | PTI
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed grief over the incident.
“Pained to know about the loss of lives in the fire incident at #Goregaon, Mumbai. We are in touch with BMC & Mumbai Police officials & all the assistance is being provided. My deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and wishing speedy recovery to the injured ones,” he wrote on X.
Pained to know about loss of lives in the fire incident at #Goregaon, Mumbai.We are in touch with BMC & Mumbai Police officials & all the assistance is being provided.My deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and wishing speedy recovery to the injured…
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) October 6, 2023
Before firefighters arrived at the scene, the blaze had covered the building from all sides. It completely gutted the shops, scrap material and two-wheelers on the ground floor, said fire officials. It took nearly three hours for the fire brigade to extinguish the blaze. More than eight fire engines and other firefighting equipment were used in the operation, a fire official said.
BMC officials said they are trying to find out if some more victims are admitted to private hospitals.
Civic commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal is scheduled to visit the hospitals, where the injured are admitted, in some time, officials said.
MUMBAI: Seven people, including two minors, were killed and over 40 injured after a fire tore through a residential building in Mumbai’s Goregaon area in the early hours of Friday, a civic official said. A few of the injured are in critical condition.
As many as 30 residents were rescued from the terrace and various floors of the ground-plus-seven structure said an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The blaze started around 3 am at Jay Sandesh building in Goregaon West, the BMC 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
The fire-affected persons were rushed to a trauma centre at Jogeshwari and civic-run Cooper Hospital at Juhu, they said. Of them, doctors declared six including two minors and as many women dead.
Another person died during treatment, taking the toll to seven. Some of the injured persons are in critical condition, said officials.
Fire department personnel at work after a fire broke out in a multi-storey residential building in Goregaon area on Friday | PTI
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed grief over the incident.
“Pained to know about the loss of lives in the fire incident at #Goregaon, Mumbai. We are in touch with BMC & Mumbai Police officials & all the assistance is being provided. My deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and wishing speedy recovery to the injured ones,” he wrote on X.
Pained to know about loss of lives in the fire incident at #Goregaon, Mumbai.
We are in touch with BMC & Mumbai Police officials & all the assistance is being provided.
My deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and wishing speedy recovery to the injured…
— Devendra Fadnavis (@Dev_Fadnavis) October 6, 2023
Before firefighters arrived at the scene, the blaze had covered the building from all sides. It completely gutted the shops, scrap material and two-wheelers on the ground floor, said fire officials. It took nearly three hours for the fire brigade to extinguish the blaze. More than eight fire engines and other firefighting equipment were used in the operation, a fire official said.
BMC officials said they are trying to find out if some more victims are admitted to private hospitals.
Civic commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal is scheduled to visit the hospitals, where the injured are admitted, in some time, officials said.
