MUMBAI: At least 14 people were killed and many injured in a late night fire at a multi-storey building in
Kamala Mills Compound in
Lower Parel in Mumbai, an official said.
The fire broke out shortly after midnight on the third floor of the four-storeyed building on
Senapati Bapat Marg, a civic official told mediapersons.
The majority of those killed were women attending a birthday party at a rooftop restaurant, police said. The 28-year-old woman celebrating her birthday was among those who died. The fire department received a call around 0030 local time on Friday, an official said. An FIR has been registered against the restaurant. The case has been filed under the charges of culpable homicide under section 304 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Restaurants and bars on the top floor of the building gutted in fire.
The injured were taken to the
KEM, and Sion hospitals, the official from the BMC disaster management unit said. Several fire tenders, water tankers, emergency ambulance and police personnel rushed to the spot for rescue operation, he said.
Kamala Mills, a refurbished industrial compound, houses swanky restaurants and other commercial establishments. The fire in the building started on the top floor and engulfed the structure in less than 30 minutes, local media reported.
Several media outlets also use the compound for their offices and at least three national news channels were affected by the fire, including Bennett Coleman and Co's Times Now and ET Now.
According to the official, the cause of the fire remains to be ascertained.
