Fire in Mumbai slum destroys hundreds of houses

January 05, 2013 11:00

Fire broke in the suburbs of Mumbai on Saturday, destroying more than hundred one-room shacks, rendering the families homeless.

No causalities are reported and no one was injured in the fire.

The fire broke out in the early hours in one of the houses of Sewri suburb, which later swept through other houses early morning on Saturday.

Shakeel, a local blamed the fire station for failing to reach the spot on time, which caused more damage.

"We were sleeping when we suddenly saw fire in one of the houses. We tried to douse it but it was in vain and it spread in the neighbouring houses as well. When I called the fire station the fire engines took long to reach the spot, which is why the fire spread even more," he said

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