A major fire broke out in a five-storey hotel in South Mumbai on Wednesday night and 25 people have been rescued from there, fire brigade officials said. The fire was reported at Hotel Fortune which is located in Dhobi Talao neighbourhood of Marine Lines.
These 25 people, all doctors, were residing in Hotel Fortune, located near Metro Cinema, when the blaze erupted there, they said.
“The fire spread on the first to third floors of the hotel located on 1st Marine street,” a fire brigade official said.
“It is a level-2 fire and at least eight fire engines have been rushed to the spot,” he said.
Fire is confined to the electric wiring and cables in the entire electrical duct and to the false ceiling in the lobby/common passages on first, second and third floors, where three small engine lines are pressed into operation.
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