2 women killed as fire breaks out in Mumbai building

Mumbai, May 24

Two women suffocated to death in a fire that engulfed a building at Bohri Mohalla here, an official said on Friday.

The fire which broke out around 10.20 pm on Thursday was confined to electrical wiring and installations in the five-storey Punjab Mahal residential building on No. 25 Daboo Street, said an official of BMC Disaster Control.

Shortly afterwards, the firemen managed to rescue 11 people.

After the fire was extinguished at around 3.30 am on Friday, rescuers came across two bodies on the fourth floor.

They were identified as Frida Master and Nafisa Geetan, both 60.

Two firemen, who were injured, were rushed to hospital. IANS

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