Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

2 women dead in Mumbai building fire

Mumbai: Two women suffocated to death in a fire that engulfed a building in Bohri Mohalla here, an official stated Friday.

The fire which broke out around 10. 20 p.m. on Thursday nighttime was restricted to electric wiring and installations in that the five-storeyed Punjab Mahal residential building on No. 25 Daboo Street, stated an official of BMC Disaster Control.

Shortly later, the firemen was able to save 11 people.

After that the fire was extinguished at about 3. 30 a.m. on Friday morning, rescuers came across two bodies on the fourth floor.

They were identified as Frida Master and Nafisa Geetan, equally 60.

Two firemen were injured and rushed to hospital to get therapy.

Source: IANS