MUMBAI, 29 Dec 2017:
At least 12 people died and three were critically injured in a late night fire at a multi-storey building in India’s financial capital of Mumbai.
Local authorities today said the fire department received a call about the blaze at a commercial building in the Kamala Mills compound in Central Mumbai around 12.30am local time.
Kamala Mills, a refurbished industrial compound, houses swanky restaurants and other commercial establishments – including offices of several media outlets.
A majority of the deceased were women attending a party at a rooftop restaurant, a police official said.
The fire in the building started at the top floor and engulfed the structure in less than 30 minutes, local media reported.
Rescue operations were under way and at least 24 vehicles including fire engines were at the site.
Twenty-five of the injured were taken to Mumbai’s KEM Hospital, of whom 12 died, while nine people were being treated at Bhatia Hospital, officials at the two hospitals said.
– Reuters