MUMBAI: Nine people, including a five-year-old boy, were injured after a fire broke out on the 12th floor of a high-rise building in Kurla West on Tuesday morning.
The fire was reported at 6.53am at Kohinoor HDIL Building No. 6, near Kohinoor Hospital. According to the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), the blaze broke out on the 12th floor and was extinguished at 7.21am.
Eight people suffered suffocation due to smoke inhalation and were admitted to Rajawadi Hospital. A ninth person, a 55-year-old man, sustained an injury to his right leg. All nine were reported to be in stable condition.
Among those injured were a five-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl. The injured also included adults aged between 18 and 65.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade, police, Adani personnel, a 108 ambulance team and civic ward staff were mobilised to the spot. Further details about the cause of the fire have yet to be established.
