4 dead as fire breaks out in a apartment at Mumbai

Four people, including an elderly woman, 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. Crystal Tower is located near Hindmata Cinema in Parel and has over 100 residents. The fire that out on the twelfth floor of 17-storey building quickly spread to the other upper floors and adjacent flats.The smoke spread rapidly and residents were trapped on the building’s staircases, news agency PTI quoted Mumbai Fire Brigade chief PS Rahangdale as saying.