One person has been killed and six others injured in a major fire which broke out in a residential building on the Gota-Jagatpur Road in Ahmedabad on Friday, 26 July.
The blaze started on the fifth floor of the 11-storey Genesis Tower and spread to the sixth floor, news agency PTI reported, quoting Chief Fire Officer MF Dastoor.
"People residing on the floors above the fifth one got stranded as smoke filled the stairway. It was a difficult operation, but we rescued six persons who suffered injuries in the incident. Another 35 people managed to come out of the building on their own," Dastoor reportedly said.
The injured have been admitted to Sola Civil Hospital. The woman, who succumbed to burns at the hospital, has been identified as Anjana Patel.
“The fire, which is suspected to have been triggered by a short-circuit, has been brought under control."Chief Fire Officer MF Dastoor
Two persons saw the fire from the road and rushed for help. They managed to save a 60-year-old woman from the fifth floor of the building.
(With inputs from PTI)
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