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Mumbai slum blaze: 100 huts razed to ground
Thursday March 07, 2013 09:13:01 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai: Eight people
sustained burn injuries and around 100 huts were reduced to ashes
in a major fire that engulfed a slum near Bandra station in west
Mumbai, officials said Thursday.
The fire which started around 2 a.m. quickly spread to adjoining
slums in the congested Shastri Nagar slum colony, catching people
unawares in their sleep, according to BMC Disaster Control room.
However, local youths immediately raised an alarm and helped
evacuate the people and their belongings quickly to safe spots.
As the flames spread, several gas cylinders also caught fire and
started bursting, and added to the damage and losses.
Ten fire tenders rushed to the spot and finally douzed the fire by
6 a.m.. The cause of the fire is being investigated, the officials
said.
Of the eight injured, five were discharged after treatment for
minor burns.
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