Thirteen persons suffered from suffocation after a fire broke on the ground floor of a seven-storey building in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area in the wee hours of Saturday, an official said.
The blaze erupted at 1.35 am in Shanti Sagar Building located in Ramabai Colony of Pantnagar in Ghatkopar east and around 90 residents were rescued from there, the fire brigade official said.
“The fire broke out in the electric meter room on the ground floor. It remained confined to the wiring and other installations there. Due to the fire, smoke engulfed the entire building,” he said.