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Mumbai: Teenage girl dies in Dadar West fire
A teenage girl has died in a fire that broke out at the Dadar Police Station Compound in Dadar West, Mumbai, on Sunday afternoon.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Blaze in Dadar West building kills 1 in Mumbai
- Fire started at around 1.40 pm: Report
- Dozens of fire deaths were reported in Mumbai last year.
A leading daily said the fire started in a residential building at around 1.40 pm in the afternoon.
The victim’s name is Shravani Chavan, and officials said she had been stranded in a room, the Times of India reported.
Photos posted by ANI on Twitter showed a firefighters working to douse a blaze on the third floor of a building.
Dozens of fire deaths were reported last year in Mumbai. In December 2017, as many as 14 people were killed when a fire broke out at the Kamala Mills compound in Lower Parel.
On May 5, 2019, two people were reported injured in a blaze in a Yari Road building.