Mumbai: Fire Breaks Out At A Goregaon Building; 6 Dead, 40+ Injured

by Shreya Ghosh
Mumbai: Fire Breaks Out At A Goregaon Building; 6 Dead, 40+ Injured

A major fire broke out at a building in Goregaon in the wee hours of October 6, 2023. It was around 3:05 AM when the fire broke out in a multi-storey building located in Goregaon West. It was a terrible accident and turned out to be an extremely chaotic situation on the spot. Unfortunately, many people suffered injuries and some people lost their lives in the accident as well. Here are all the details of the building’s blazing accident.

All You Need To Know About The Fire Break Out In Mumbai’s Building

Here are some updates about the accident shared on the X (formerly Twitter) platform by Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19).

The start to Friday was at its worst at this building in Mumbai’s Goregaon West. The saddening fire eruption accident occurred at the Jai Bhavani building. It is on the MG Road. About 31 people suffered from injuries in the early hours of Friday, according to a report by The Times of India. Along with all these, about 7 people passed away after the humongous fire broke out at the talked about 7-storey building in Mumbai’s Goregaon West.

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Taking to the X (formerly Twitter) platform, Hitesh C Soni 🇮🇳 (@LawyerSoni) shared some information.

The blaze erupted all of a sudden in a shop established on the ground floor of the building, according to a report by India TV. The fire also broke out in the vehicles parked over there. The flames began spreading from the shops and parked cars and other vehicles on the ground floor of the Jai Bhavani building.

A lot has been done till the morning to bring the situation under control and extinguish the blazing flames. 5 jumbo water tankers, 8 fire engines, 10 fire tenders, and a turn table ladder quickly visited the spot of the accident in Goregaon West. Everyone involved with extinguishing the fire worked relentlessly for a couple of hours. It was about 7 AM when firefighters extinguished the fire.

What Are The Recent Updates?

Here are some updates about the accident shared on the X (formerly Twitter) platform by Naren Mukherjee (@NMukherjee6).

People living in that building experienced a terrible time during the accident. Many were sadly stuck inside the building and on the terrace for some time. Firefighters were quick to take action and rescued over 30 residents. All these injured people were rushed to two hospitals; Cooper Hospital and HBT Trauma Care Hospital.

Medical Officers of the Cooper Hospital shared some valuable information about the health conditions of the patients. A total of 14 injured people were admitted at this hospital, according to a report by the Indian Express. 2 patients are unfortunately in critical condition.

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This is all the information that we have about the fire accident at Goregaon West’s Jai Bhavani building.

Cover Image Courtesy: X (formerly Twitter)/ Pawan Kumar (@Pawan_kumar017)

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