At least seven persons, including five women, were killed and 69 others injured in a massive fire that broke in the stilt parking lot of a high-rise building at Goregaon (West) in north Mumbai in the early hours of Friday. The fire brigade personnel battled with the blaze for more than three and a half hours before they extinguished it at around 6.45 am.
The fire, which was reported at 3.05 am at Jay Bhavani building, a Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) building located near Azad Maidan at Unnat Nagar, Goregaon (west), spread up to the seventh floor of the building through the lift.
Of the seven persons killed, there were three women, a man and two minor girls, while one body remained unidentified.
The injured have been admitted HBT, Kasturba, Cooper, Life Line and Matoshree Gomati hospitals. Of the injured, the condition of five persons was reported as critical, while the condition of 47 injured were stable. Eight injured were discharged against medical advice, while two others were discharged after treatment.