A꧙t least 14 persons, including a child and some senior citizens, sustained burn injuries when they rushed out of their flats in panic after a fire erupted in the metre cabin of an eight-storey building in Malad on Tuesday, an official said.
The bl🦋aze broke out iඣn the cabin situated under the staircase at the entrance of Girnar Galaxy building in Sundar Nagar around 9.48 am, the official said.
Though the blaze was put out in less than 10 minutes, 💯14 persons sustained injuries when they tried to leave the premises, he said.
"People sustained burns as they tried t﷽o leave the building when they found out about the fir🔯e. There wouldn't have been any injuries if they had waited inside their homes for the fire brigade to evacuate them safely," Chief Fire Officer Ravindra Ambulgekar said.
The injured persons included five senior citizens and a child, another offiꦗcial said.
A short circuit could have triggered the fir♎e, the offi��cial said.
"As per Mumbai Fire Brigade, the fire started from an electric cable in the metre cabin 💎due to a short circuit as a result of which the entire passage of the building was filled with thick smoke," a Mumbai civic official said.
He said many residents fell unconscious due to the inhalation of smoke when they opened d🌃oors to check what was happening.
A senior citizen who tried to douse the fire sustained serious burn injuries, h🎉ꩲe said.
Another civic official said the three persons, who were admitt⭕ed to the civic-run Shatabdi Hospital in Kandivali were discharged ﷽against the medical advice.
They included an 80-year-old man, who s🐷ustained 50-60 per cent burn injuries, and a 66-year-ꦜold woman with 10-15 per cent burns.
"Another 11 people were initially admitted at Malad-based Thunga Hospital. Of them two patients were shifted to the National Burns 🌌Centre (NBC) at Airoli, while six others were discharged and the rest three are undergoing treatment in the Malad hosp🌱ital," he added.
The 11 patients included two women aged 69 and 73 years and a 73-year-old man. Two of them have been shifted to NBC in Airoli and the third one is undergoing treatment at Thunga Ho💮spital.
The official said th𓂃at six persons ha🐷ve been discharged from the private hospital including a seven-year-old child.
