MUMBAI :Fire broke out on the third and fourth floor of the building, which houses the office of state-owned telecoms company MTNL, prompting employees to go to the rooftop of the building.
The rescue was carried out by a team of 175 firemen and 14 fire engines.
Rescue operation nearly done
"The rescue operation is nearly done. We are searching every floor of the building to find out whether anybody is left behind," a fire department official said.
All 84 people stranded on terrace of fire-hit MTNL rescued
All 84 people stranded on terrace of fire-hit MTNL building in Mumbai rescued by fire brigade personnel, says official.
Fireman Sagar Datta, 25, was injured and admitted in Bhabha hospital.
60 People Rescued, says Mumbai Chief Fire Officer
"More than 60 people have been rescued. Rescue operations and fire fighting operations are still underway," Chief Fire Officer BK Parikh was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Fire brigade personnel shifted to hospital for treatment
Two fire brigade personnel, who were exposed to the smoke billowing out of the building, were shifted to nearby hospital for treatment.
Fire confined to the third and fourth floors
Fire brigade personnel entered the building with oxygen masks and searchlights to rescue people who may be trapped on some floors
Smoke at Bandra railway station
The fumes from the fire entered Bandra railway station. A senior official however said it did not cause any “suffocation" to commuters nor did it affect railway operations.
Rescue operations underway
Fire fighting and rescue operations is in progress and efforts to rescue people stranded on upper floors and terrace of the building are on
Two fire brigade personnel hospitalised
Two fire brigade personnel, who were exposed to the smoke billowing out of the building, were shifted to nearby hospital for treatment
Efforts are on to rescue around 40 more people trapped on the terrace of the MTNL building
Watch: People being evacuated
Newly introduced robot to douse the fire
Fourteen fire engines engaged
Fourteen fire engines and other equipment, including a robot van and an ambulance, is engaged in fire fighting
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