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"It took around an hour to carry out the entire rescue operation as well as to douse the fire. Out of the five labourers that was in the saree centre, one was critical, while the others were unconscious. We rushed them all to a hospital immediately. Prima facie, it seems that the fire broke out in the store due to a short circuit. The police are currently probing the case. "

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All the labourers were rushed to Sassoon General hospital where they were declared dead.

On May 6, 2019, a fire broke out in a building at Yari Road in Andheri West in which three people were injured. The locals said a cylinder exploded inside a flat on the fourth floor of the eight-storey residential building causing the blaze around 11 am.

Two of the three injured people, identified as Deep Himanshu Desai, 35, and Nilima Rawan, 60, were rushed to Cooper Hospital by the locals before the fire brigade was alerted.

While Desai suffered about 35 per cent burns, Rawan sustained a head injury. The third person sustained a minor injury and was given first aid inside the ambulance that had arrived with the fire brigade. The fire brigade, which was alerted around 11.25 am, arrived at the scene at 11.44 am and as able to douse the fire in about 10 minutes.

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