Nine people, including three children injured in Mumbai building fire

Nine people, including three people, were injured after a fire broke out in an electrical duct of a 13-storey residential building in Mumbai’s Kurla area on Tuesday, civic authorities told PTI.

The fire erupted around 6:53 am at Kohinoor HDIL building No. 5 in Kurla West, where flames spread along electrical wiring and duct installations before firefighters doused the flames at 7:21am, they said.

Civic authorities said eight residents suffered suffocations as smoke engulfed the building, while one person sustained an injury to his right leg.


The injured, including a five-year-old boy, two teen girls and a senior citizen, were moved to Rajawadi Hospital, where their condition is said to be stable, he said.

Mumbai Fire Brigade personnel, police power company, 108 ambulance service and ward staff were mobilised for assistance, authorities said.

Officials said the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage are yet to be determined.

(With inputs from PTI)