Mumbai: A 73-year-old woman tragically lost her life in a massive fire that broke out in a flat of a residential building in Mumbai’s Jogeshwari West area on Saturday, January 17.
According to BMC officials, the fire erupted at 11.15 am in a room reportedly on the second floor of the seven-storey Bridge Building. According to an IANS report, the building is located near the High Point Hotel in Jogeshwari West's Lokhandwala.
Details of the victim
The victim, identified as Hiru Chetalani, was taken to the BMC-run Cooper Hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival.
After receiving information about the fire, four fire engines and additional firefighting vehicles were deployed to the scene, and the blaze was brought under control by 12:09 p.m.
Reason unknown
At present, the cause of the fire in the house is not known.
Recent Fire Incidents
Last Saturday in central Mumbai’s N M Joshi Marg area, a fire broke out after firecrackers were burst during a Shiv Sena (UBT) election rally. The rally was led by Kishor Pednekar, a former mayor and BMC poll candidate. According to the PTI report, as Pednekar began visiting houses as part of her campaigning, some of her supporters burst firecrackers on the road despite objections from policemen deployed for the rally. The firecrackers sparked a fire in a room on the fifth floor of Irani Chawl and three nearby houses.
Police identified three people involved, organiser Ramchandra Yesode and supporters Soham Sarwankar (21) and Omsai Pansare (20), and a case was registered against them under the IPC and Maharashtra Police Act.
Meanwhile, several residential fire cases were reported in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai last year. One shocking incident was on October 21, when a blaze at Vashi's Raheja Residency created a major scare and raised questions on fire safety. A blaze that started on the 10th floor quickly spread to the 11th and 12th floors, killing four residents, including a 6-year-old girl and injuring about ten.
In another residential fire incident, a woman and her 17-year-old daughter were charred to death after a major fire broke out in the early morning of October 21, at Ambe Shraddha residential building in Sector 36, Kamothe. The fire was suspected to have started from a short circuit, and was followed by a cylinder blast that intensified the blaze.
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