30 am while the cooling operations continued till 10. The fire being a level 3 call , some 10 fire engines and six jumbo tankers were pressed into service. Rahangadale, chief fire officer of the Mumbai fire brigade, said, “The fire started in a duplex apartment on the 20th and 21st floor of the building. Dr J.Two persons died in a major fire that broke out on the 20th floor of the upmarket residential apartment Maker Tower in the Cuff Parade area of South Mumbai on Tuesday. The fire brigade brought the blaze under control by 8.25 am on Tuesday in a flat owned by Shekhar Bajaj, managing director of Bajaj Electricals. Bhavani, the medical superintendent of St George Hospital, said the post-mortem had revealed the two had died by inhalation of carbon monoxide. “The cause of death report can confirmed only after the chemical analysis report by the police,” added Dr Bhavani. By the time we reached the room, both the men were dead,” said Hemant Parab, deputy chief fire officer. While Mr Bajaj and his family were evacuated unhurt, two domestic helps living in the same house died of burn injuries and suffocation. Once the fire brigade submits its report, we will get a clear picture of what happened,” Zonal DCP Manoj Kumar Sharma said. The fire consumed the internal staircase, the entrance doors of both the units and also spread to the helps’ room.
“We have registered a case of accidental death. Assistant Commissioner of the A ward Kiran Dighavkar said at the time of fire, Mr Bajaj was in the middle of a yoga class in his living room. “His yoga instructor heard some noise and alerted the family, ” he said. The deceased have been identified as Ajay Singh and Kundan Singh .30 am. Officials involved in the rescue operations said it was not clear why the helps could not escape.” “The fire-fighting operation got over quickly as the internal fire safety mechanism of the building was in place and functional,” he added. The other members of the family had rushed to the balcony attached to the living room from where they were rescued by the fire brigade. “Among them was a year-old child. I learnt they died from asphyxiation and not burn injuries. Ajay had 45 per cent burn injury and Kundan 42 per cent,” said Dr Bhavani. Mr P. “Their burns were not serious; they may have died of suffocation. They were rushed to the St George Hospital, but were declared dead on arrival. HARD BOX UNIT PACKINGS OF FIRE BLANKETS With timely action, they could have been rescued, but they were not. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and is being investigated, the authorities said.”. By the time the firemen entered the living quarters of the domestic helps, both of them had died, officials said.Writer Shobha De, who lives in the same building, said, “The lives of both these domestic helps could have been saved, had they been rescued on time. The servants were probably asleep in the morning. B. The fire broke out around 6. The fire fighters rescued seven of the Bajaj family.
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