Mumbai Fire: Many people trapped inside Crystal Tower in Parel were rescued using a crane.
MUMBAI: Four people died and sixteen were injured in a fire that broke out at a high-rise residential building in central Mumbai this morning. Many residents who were trapped in the top floor of Crystal Tower in the busy Parel area were evacuated using a crane. The fire has been brought under control.
Fire and huge plumes of smoke were seen from the building. The fire brigade control room got a message about the blaze on twelfth floor of the building at 8.32 am, an official said.
The residential building is located near Hindmata Cinema in Parel. The fire has been classified as Level-2.
The smoke from the raging fire spread rapidly and residents were trapped on the building’s staircases, news agency PTI quoted Mumbai Fire Brigade chief PS Rahangdale as saying.
People trapped in Mumbai’s Crystal Tower residential building were rescued in a crane.
Authorities have begun an investigation to find out what led to the fire. “Criminal offence will be declared…The building will be labelled as unsafe and it will be evacuated. The fire sprinkles were not working at all,” PS Rahangdale said.
The injured people are being treated at KEM Hospital in the city.
Mumbai Fire: The injured people were taken to KEM Hospital.
Eight fire engines, four water tankers, police and electrical mechanics were involved in efforts to control the blaze and rescue the people trapped inside.
In December last year, 14 people died in a massive fire at two rooftop pubs in Kamala Mills Compound in central Mumbai.
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