20150606 India Fire breaks out at Mumbai highrise, 7 dead, 25 injured
India Jun 05 2015 “Building”
Dead : dead 5 to 9 Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured more than 10
Fire breaks out at Mumbai highrise, 7 dead, 25 injured
Updated: 2015-06-07-05:44
Seven persons, including a woman, died and 28 others were injured in a major blaze on the 14th floor of a 21-storey upscale Powai highrise on Saturday evening.
The fire broke out around 4.15pm in the Lake Lucerne building of Lake Homes complex in Powai. The society is located between Hiranandani Gardens and Raheja Vihar, and its going realty rate is around Rs 22,000 a square foot.
Firemen said the possible cause of the blaze was the explosion in an AC unit in one of the three flats that were damaged in the blaze. The flames soon spread to a gas pipeline. At the time of going to press, the details were sketchy.
The deceased have been identified as Ashwin Bhatia, 52, Soni, Tausif Shaikh, 24, Ankush Sutar, 30, Amar Sarkar, 30, Babu Lohar, 25. One of the deceased has still been unidentified.
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