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Five injured in Byculla building fire

A total of 12 persons were evacuated from the building. The second floor of the building was badly damaged in the incident. Buildings like Noor Manzil do not have any sophisticated fire fighting mechanism in place.

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Five persons were injured in a fire that broke out in a building in Byculla (West) on Friday morning. The injured are being treated at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation-run Nair hospital.

"Of those injured, four have minor injuries, abrasions and slight scalding. They will be discharged soon. However, an 81-year-old man who has suffered 21 per cent burns, will stay in the hospital for treatment and recovery," said Dr Ramesh Bharmal, dean, Nair hospital.

According to fire department officials, the fire broke out at 9.08am at the ground plus two-storey Noor Manzil building located near Byculla station. Eight fire engines, five water tankers and five ambulances were pressed into action. The firefighting operation lasted for nearly two and a half hours, fire officials informed.

A total of 12 persons were evacuated from the building. The second floor of the building was badly damaged in the incident. Buildings like Noor Manzil do not have any sophisticated fire fighting mechanism in place.

"They are only dependent on fire extinguishers, but even those were not functional," chief fire officer Sunil Nesarikar said. Nesarikar added that buildings which are below 15m height do not come under the purview of the Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act, 2006. "So, notices can not be slapped on them," he informed.

Last month, in a similar incident, a fire took place in an old building at Nagpada, which had claimed the life of a woman and left two others injured. dna had then reported about the risks that thousands of residents, who live in more than16,000 cessed buildings in the city, face and in the buildings that came up before 1980. A majority of such buildings are not high-rise structures.

Such buildings are not even equipped with basic fire-fighting systems such as fire extinguishers, fire alarms and smoke detectors. Also, they cannot take the load of heavy fire fighting equipment.
The only option before the residents of these old buildings is to prevent fire, fire officials said.

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