 In Mumbai, seven people were injured and some of them also suffered from suffocation when a fire broke out in a 16-storey residential building in suburban Kanjurmarg this morning.
The disaster control cell official said, they got the information about the fire on the ground floor in C-wing of the Royal Park building in Kanjurmarg at 8.07 am.
He said, fire brigade personnel reached the spot immediately. Four fire tenders and as many water tankers were also rushed to the spot.
The official said, the flames were brought under control by 9.37 am. A few residents were trapped in the building for some time but they were later rescued by the firemen.
The injured people were admitted to nearby hospitals where their condition was reported to be stable.
A short-circuit in the power meter box on the ground floor was suspected to have caused the fire. The exact cause of the fire would be known after an investigation.
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