The fire was confined to electrical wiring, electrical installations and all household articles.45 pm on third floor of the fire-storey building number 5 at the staff quarters on the premises of the Dadar police station and four fire engines were rushed to the spot. Soon, we all rushed downstairs and saw that the smoke was coming from the rear of the building due to which we had failed to realise the intensity of the fire. It was finally doused at 3.“We broke the glass windows to let air in and later tried to break open the front door, which was locked by her parents. Four fire engines and three jumbo water tankers were rushed to the spot and the fire brigade personnel managed to douse the flames after hectic efforts for about three hours, an official at Dadar police station said.”Earlier this year, fire brigade officials said that the city had recorded fewer fire outbreaks in the last three years, but the number of major blazes in the city has increased by around per cent.An accidental death report has been filed in connection with the incident and the investigation is underway. However the door could not be opened. it is suspected that the inflammable substance caused the rapid spread of the fire.
Alert neighbours broke down door, but in vainThe neighbours of Shravani Chavan had broken down the front door of the flat in which the girl was trapped before the fire brigade reached the staff quarters at Dadar police station, but to no avail.35 pm.Mumbai: The 16-year-old daughter of a Mumbai police naik died after a fire broke out in the flat in which she was sleeping on Sunday. Officials said that her father is attached with the Vakola police station.Traffic congestion, ongoing infrastructure work and unauthorised parking hinder firefighting operations and result in the escalation of relatively minor fires, they had said. The family of the teenager, Shravani Chavan, had locked the door from outside before leaving to attend a wedding. By the time fire fighters entered the flat, she had sustained severe injuries,” said Sangeeta Barate, a resident of the staff quarters.S. We are also investigating if the house was set on fire intentionally,” said an officer of the Dadar police station. Officials are looking into a potential suicide angle as the fire brigade found a container of kerosene in the home.The blaze erupted around 1.The fire is believed, prima facie, to have originated due a short circuit in the air-conditioning system in the bedroom where she was asleep and spread to two other flats soon after..
Chavan’s parents, grandmother and brother had been out to attend a wedding when the incident occurred.“The blaze had spread all over the flat and damaged adjacent flats.Ramesh Utekar, a resident of the Dadar police station quarters, said, “We realised that there was a fire as we could see smoke from the opposite building. As we learnt that the flat was closed, neighbours broke down the door by the time the fire brigade reached the spot.Neighbours console the Jacket Hoses mother of Shravani Chavan, the 16-year-old who died in the fire, at her residence at the Dadar police colony on Sunday. “The girl was alone home when the incident happened and she suffered severe burns in the fire. They then removed the girl outside who was badly injured.The fire brigade is conducting a separate probe to determine the exact cause of the blaze.The teenager was rushed to the Sion Hospital after the fire brigade arrived but she was declared dead on arrival owing to her grievous burn injuries. Firemen brought out the girl and she had suffered burn injuries,” said P. Rahangdale, chief fire officer.The Dadar police said that Chavan was fast asleep inside her home and hence could not allegedly gauge the trouble in time. She could not be pulled out in time by the fire fighters or the neighbours and she had sustained severe injuries.
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