Fire on the 14th floor of Sargam Society near Ganesh Garden in Tilak Nagar (Source: Twitter/ANI)At least three people died after fire broke out in a 16-storey residential building in suburban Mumbai’s Tilak Nagar area Thursday evening.
The blaze started at the 10th floor of Sargam Society (G+16) at building number 35, B Wing, in Chembur, near Ganesh Garden, at 7.50 PM today.
The fire brigade team rescued four people from the floor and admitted them to the nearby Rajawadi Hospital, where three people, including two women, were declared brought dead by the hospital authorities. Sunita Joshi, Bhalchandra Joshi, both 72, and Suman Shrinivas Joshi, 83, lost their lives. An 86-year-old man, who was admitted due to suffocation, is currently undergoing treatment at the hospital.
A search and rescue operation by the Mumbai Fire Brigade is underway, said the official from the Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The fire has been brought under control, but its cause will be known only after an inquiry, the official told PTI.
