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Mumbai: 39 hospitalised after fire breaks out in SRA building
Updated On: 17 September, 2023 07:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
Residents of the Kurla building were trapped due to fire that spread to the 12 floors; city fire brigade chief to send notice to authorities for poor fire safety measures
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The fire occurred in the electric meter box on the ground floor of building number 7, E Wing of Premier Complex in Kurla West, and quickly spread to the 12 floors through the wire duct. Pics/Anurag Ahire
A fire broke out inside a Kurla SRA building around midnight, early on Saturday. Though no one was injured in the incident, nearly 40 people were admitted to a nearby hospital after complaining of suffocation due to the thick smoke that spread from the ground to the 12th floor. According to eyewitnesses, a fire broke out in building number 7, E Wing of Premier Complex, opposite Kohinoor Hospital in Kurla West. The building is a 12-storey structure. While the fire occurred in the electric meter box on the ground floor, it spread to the 12 floors through the wire duct. The smoke spread rapidly, leaving people stranded. Several of them were asleep when they started experiencing suffocation.
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