4 charred to death in Mumbai godown fire

mumbai — Four men were charred to death in a fire at a cloth godown in suburban Kandivli here on Sunday, a civic official said on Monday.

The city also witnessed two more incidents of fire in suburban Khar and Mahim on Sunday in which two persons were critically injured.

The Kandivli blaze was reported in the godown, located in Damu Nagar at around 4pm on Sunday, said an official from the Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.

“Four casualties were recovered from debris of the godown by fire personnel who were conduction fire fighting operations at the spot by 5am on Monday”, he said. They were taken to Shatabdi Hospital in Kandivli, where doctors declared them brought dead, he said.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation. The official said fire personnel are conducting search operations at the storeroom premises.

When asked about the identity of the deceased, the official said prima facie they are workers but it is yet to be confirmed.

In Mahim, a blaze occurred in a slum near Raheja Hospital, in which a 14-year-old boy and a 50-year-old woman received serious burn injuries. “The boy sustained 90 per cent burns and the woman 10 per cent burns. They are battling for life in Sion hospital”, the official said.

In Khar, blaze was reported in the basement of a eight-storey building, but no one was injured in the incident.

Meanwhile, police have booked the contractor and a supervisor in connection with the collapse of a two-storey under-construction structure in a chawl in suburban Goregaon on Sunday morning.