Mumbai building fire doused; 2 firemen injured, Deepika Padukone safe
Deepika Padukone was out for a shoot but her personal staff were among
those who were evacuated this afternoon as a precaution
Current Affairs News: Firemen were on Wednesday successful in dousing a fire on the top
floor of a 33-storey Mumbai building after battling leaping flames for nearly
five hours. Although all residents were evacuated, two firemen suffered from
suffocation and were rushed to a hospital.
Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone, who lives in Beaumonde
Towers on the 26th floor, said she was safe and expressed her prayers for the
well-being of the firefighters. Padukone was out for a shoot but her personal
staff were among those who were evacuated as a precaution.
"I am safe. Thank You everyone. Let us pray for our firefighters who are
at site risking their lives," she tweeted.
According to BMC Disaster Control, the fire erupted around
2.10 pm on the two uppermost penthouse floors 33 and 32, of the five-year-old
building, sending thick black clouds of smoke billowing from the tallest
residential tower in Prabhadevi area of Dadar west.
Later, after nearly three hours, the flames started
spreading out on to the lower floors creating panic among the flat owners who
include several celebrities, top share broker Anand Rathi and Amisha Vora,
business and glamour world personalities besides Padukone.
More than two dozen fire-tenders, including sophisticated
lifts and cranes, were deployed to fight the blaze and there no reports of any
casualties so far.
After around five hours, the fire was brought under control
and stopped from spreading to other lower or adjoining floors.
The fire emanated from the flat whose owners are currently
abroad, but their residence has been reduced to ashes, according to some
society members.
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