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At least 6 dead, dozens injured in Mumbai as fire sweeps through block of flats

  • 8 fire engines took hours to extinguish the blaze in a 6-storey block of flats in the city’s Goregaon West district
  • The building housed people shifted from a slum in Mumbai and didn’t have effective fire fighting equipment, reports say

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The residential building after a fire broke out in Mumbai, India. Photo: Reuters

A fire swept through a six-story residential building Friday, leaving at least six dead and another 38 injured in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, a fire official said.

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Eight fire engines took three hours to extinguish the fire in the Goregaon West district, fire officer Ashok Tarapade said. The rescue work is over and the injured have been taken to two hospitals, he added.

Media reports said the fire started in some shops on the ground floor and the smoke engulfed some floors. The cause of the fire is being investigated.

The building was constructed in 2006 to house people who were shifted from a slum in Mumbai and it didn’t have proper fire fighting equipment, the Hindustan Times newspaper cited Chief Fire Officer Ravindra Ambulgekar as saying.

A police officer inspects damage caused after a fire engulfed a residential building in Mumbai, India. Photo: Reuters
A police officer inspects damage caused after a fire engulfed a residential building in Mumbai, India. Photo: Reuters

The smoke spread in the building through a lift duct, he said.

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