A major, level-3 fire broke out in a residential-cum-commercial complex in India’s financial capital Mumbai in western Maharashtra, with a portion of the building collapsing after the blaze erupted, APA reports citing Sputnik.
Eight people, including a two-year-old, were injured in the fire that broke out around 9:15 am in the cloth godown on the ground floor and engulfed a leather store of the first floor of the China Building in Kamathipura. More than 10 fire fighters were deployed to douse the fire.
Among those injured, a 70-year-old woman was reported to be in critical condition.
According to Chief Fire Officer P S Rahangdale, the fire was confined to electric wiring, electric installations, household articles, a leather godown on the first floor and a cloth godown on the ground floor.
Huge cloud of fumes spewed from the building, engulfing the Mumbai sky.
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