Three dead in fire at multi-storey building in Mumbai’s Andheri

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 16 (ANI): Three people died after a fire broke out in the Riya Palace building in the Andheri area of Mumbai on Wednesday.

“As soon as information about the fire was received, fire brigade officials reached the spot and started controlling the fire,” Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

The fire was succuessfully doused, they said.

The Chief Medical Officer of the Cooper Hospital informed that three people identified as Chandraprakash Soni, Kanta Soni and Pelubeta were declared brought dead.

More details are awaited.

Earlier this month on October 7, a fire had broken out in the multistoried residential building located in the Mahim area of Mumbai.

The fire broke out at 07.54 am and was confined to electric wiring, electric installation, AC unit and household articles in bedroom of a house on the fourth floor of the 11-storied Mohit Heights building

Fire officials said that there were no casulties and nobody was injured.