Exit was narrow, difficult to escape: Kamala Mills survivor

December 29, 2017 17:01

Siddharth Shroff, a survivor in the Kamala Mills fire said, "Around 150 people were in the '1 Above' restaurant when the fire broke out at 12:30 pm. "We rushed to the exit gate, but it was narrow. It was difficult to escape. Somebody dropped us at hospital. I received 20% burns."

A fire that started at a rooftop pub hosting a birthday party spread rapidly through the building, killing 14 people, most of them women, shortly after midnight in a posh Mumbai locality, officials said today.

The fire, which also injured 21 people, started after 12.30 am in the "1 Above" pub on the terrace, and spread to Mojo pub on the third floor one level below. Most of the victims, who included 11 women, died of asphyxiation.

Twelve people were injured in the fire, two critically.

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