Fire breaks out at Mumbai highrise, elderly woman hospitalized

The fire department team rescued nine persons from the building using a staircase, according to officials. Read further on Dynamite News:

Mumbai: A fire broke out at a flat in a 15-storey building in Mumbai on Tuesday, officials said. 

80-year-old woman found unconscious
Octogenerian woman was found unconscious and was rushed to hospital. Besides, the fire department team rescued nine persons from the building using a staircase, according to the officials. 

Bandra area
According to Dynamite News correspondent, the fire broke out in Mumbai’s Bandra area in the wee hours today. 

The injured has been identified as Sati Gopal Parayani. The fire department declared it as a level one fire. 

The fire erupted in the flat located on the sixth floor of the building. 

It took fire department nearly two-and-a-half hours to douse the flames.

The cause of the fire was not known. (With Agency Inputs)