Six youths hurt in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum fire

At least six persons were hurt in a major fire that broke out in a slum tenement in Mumbai’s Dharavi today, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control officials said.

Updated: May 28th, 2024


At least six persons were hurt in a major fire that broke out in a slum tenement in Mumbai’s Dharavi today, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control officials said.  

The fire was noticed around 3.50 am when the occupants of the structure in Ashok Mills Compound were fast asleep.

The fire was confined to the electrical writing and fittings, garment stocks, some machinery, and office records in the ground-plus-3 and ground-plus-4 storied commercial structures.

A Mumbai Fire Brigade team rushed to the spot in minutes and after a four-hour-long battle, managed to douse the flames.

The injured victims were rushed to the BMC’s Sion Hospital nearby.

They are Salman Khan, 26, and Manoj, 25 - both with 8-10% burns, Amjad, 22 and

Sallauddin, 28, and Saidul Rehman, 26, all with 35-50% burns.

One victim Rafiq Ahmed, 26, who suffered some hand injuries, was treated and discharged, and the cause of the conflagration is being probed.

(This story was taken from a syndicated feed, and edited only for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)

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