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“A significant hearth broke out in a seven-storey residential constructing in Kalbadevi space of south Mumbai within the early hours of Friday (June 9), after which at the very least 50 folks had been rescued from there,” officers stated.
“The blaze erupted in White Home constructing positioned on Dhanji Road close to the well-known Mumbadevi temple round 1.30 a.m. and one man suffered a minor burn damage within the incident,” they stated.
“Fifty to sixty folks had been trapped contained in the complicated when the hearth broke out, however they had been safely rescued by the hearth brigade personnel utilizing the staircase of an adjoining constructing,” a civic official stated.
No less than 12 hearth engines had been engaged within the firefighting operation and the blaze was doused at round 8 a.m. after greater than six half hours of efforts, he stated, including that the hearth engulfed 5 flooring ranging from the bottom flooring.
“A 40-year-old man sustained a minor burn damage and a medical group of the 108 emergency ambulance service handled him on the spot,” he added.
“As some parts of the primary and the second flooring ceiling together with part of the staircase fell off, the firefighting operation was carried out from exterior the constructing as a precautionary measure,” the official stated. “The reason for the hearth is being ascertained,” he added.
