At least 50 people were saved after a nine-floor building in Mumbai, India, caught fire on Monday afternoon, Indian authorities said many people were trapped inside. “The rescue operation is almost complete. We check each floor of the building to see if anyone is left inside” said a fire department official.
Local TV channels have announced that about 100 people remained inside the office building where the telecommunications company MTNL is headquartered. “It was confirmed on the third and fourth floors of the building,“ – the fire department official said, sending 14 cars to the site.
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Around 100 people are feared trapped after a massive fire engulfed the #MTNL #Bandra building in #Mumbai on July 22 afternoon, an official said.
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— IANS Tweets (@ians_india) July 22, 2019
A witness told Reuters that five or six people went out on the balcony of one of the floors, waving a white handkerchief.
Breaking: Massive fire breaks out at #MTNL building in Mumbai's #Bandra, over 100 stranded #Mumbaihttps://t.co/iGkMCWI369
— India TV (@indiatvnews) July 22, 2019