Mumbai: Two people were injured after a fire broke out in four shops in a building at Santacruz West on Thursday evening. The injured Lokesh Sharma, 45, and Chandrakant Saha, 76, were admitted to a nearby hospital, said a civic official.
The incident occurred at 5pm in shops located on the ground plus three-storey building near Asha Parekh hospital. The officials of the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) along with the local ward office and Mumbai police immediately rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation.
“The fire confined to four shops. Seven people were trapped due to suffocation, out of which one male was rescued and sent to Surya Hospital by local residents before fire officials reached on spot. The fire was extinguished at 7.17pm,” the official said.
As per the disaster management cell of BMC, Sharma suffered 40-45% burns and was shifted to Airoli burn hospital from the civic Cooper hospital.
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