75-year-old man dies, son injured after fire breaks out in Andheri building

The deceased, identified as Rahul Mishra (75), died due to suffocation while the other injured, Raunak Mishra (38), is undergoing treatment at the Kokilaben Hospital.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) disaster cell, the blaze erupted in an apartment on the eleventh floor of the residential building around 11.20pm on Monday. (Representational image)

A 75-year-old man died while another person was injured after a fire broke out in a 14-storey residential building at Oberoi Complex in Andheri (west) on Monday night.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) disaster cell, the blaze erupted in an apartment on the eleventh floor of the residential building around 11.20pm on Monday.

“Though the fire was confined to the electrical duct, the appliances and household items such as wooden furnitures and clothes intensified the flames. As a result, a thick layer of smoke got trapped in the corridor, due to which people who were stuck upstairs suffocated,” said an official.

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The deceased, identified as Rahul Mishra (75), died due to suffocation while the other injured, Raunak Mishra (38), is undergoing treatment at the Kokilaben Hospital.

After the Mumbai Fire Brigade labelled the fire as level 2, four fire engines were pressed into service. The blaze was brought under control after nearly three hours around 2am on Tuesday.

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