Aditya Thackeray arrives at Mumbai bldg fire

October 22, 2021 16:18

Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray arrives at One Avigna Park apartments, at Currey Road where a fire broke out this afternoon. One person has died in the incident.

A 30-year-old security guard fell to death from the balcony of a flat located on the 19th floor of the 61-storey residential building in central Mumbai.

The blaze erupted on the 19th floor of the One Avigna Park building on Currey Road shortly before noon, a fire brigade official said.

"After the fire broke out, Arun Tiwari, a security guard of the building, rushed to the 19th floor. Soon he realised that he was trapped and in order to save himself from the blaze, he kept hanging from the balcony of the flat where the fire had erupted. He precariously clung to the railing of the balcony for several minutes before losing his grip and falling to death," the official said.

After Tiwari fell to the ground, he was rushed to the civic-run KEM hospital, where he was declared dead, he added.

The fire brigade declared it as a level-4 (major) fire. Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar, who visited the building, said two persons were still trapped inside the building although most of the residents have been rescued.

Talking to reporters, Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal said the fire has been doused and the cooling operation is on.

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