Mumbai, May 15 (Ajit Weekly News) At least six persons, including two minors sustained burn injuries, when a gas leak triggered a major fire in a residential locality of Koliwada in Khar on Monday, the BMC Disaster Control said here.
The blaze was reported around 8.45 a.m. from a residence in the thickly-populated Khar-Danda sparking huge panic even as police, fire brigade and rescue teams rushed there.
They managed to contain and extinguish the conflagration within 30 minutes.
At least six people — four from a single family — were rescued from the tragedy site and rushed to the Bhabha Hospital in Bandra west.
Their identities are given as: Sakhubai Jaiswal, 65, Sunil Jaiswal, 29, Priyanka Jaiswal, 26, Pratham Jaiswal, 6, Nikita Mandlik, 26, and Yasha Chavan, 7.
–Ajit Weekly News
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