At least six people were killed and 15 others injured in a major fire that broke out at a 20-storey residential building in Mumbai on Saturday morning.
The massive blaze erupted around 7:00am on the 18th floor of Kamla building opposite Gandhi Hospital at Gowalia Tank in the Tardeo area, reports NDTV.
Footage from the scene showed a massive plume of smoke filling the sky, with flames coming out from the building.
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar told news agency ANI that six elderly people needed oxygen support and were shifted to the hospital.
The fire "is under control but smoke is huge. All people have been rescued," she added.
She said Reliance and Wockhardt hospitals had denied admission to fire victims when they were rushed there first in the morning. "We will enquire about this."
A civic body official said 13 fire engines and seven water jetties, among others, were involved in the firefighting operation, adding that it was tagged as a level-3 (major) fire.
Officials said the injured were rushed to three nearby hospitals — four people died due to their injuries at Nair Hospital, one died at Kasturba Hospital and another died at Bhatia Hospital.
