Mumbai:A fire broke out at an apartment in a 15-storey building in Mumbai's Bandra area in the wee hours of Tuesday, civic officials said. An 80-year-old woman was found unconscious in the premises following the incident and was hospitalised, while fire personnel rescued nine persons from the building using a staircase, they said.
The blaze erupted in the flat located on the sixth floor of the Fortune Enclave building in Bandra (West) at around 1 am, a civic official said. After being alerted, four fire engines and other fire-fighting vehicles were rushed to the spot. The blaze was doused after efforts for nearly two-and-a-half hours, the official said.