1 dead, 19 injured in Dahisar SRA building fire
	
		
				Mumbai, Sept. 8 -- An 85-year-old woman was killed and 19 others were hospitalised after a fire broke out in a 23-storey slum rehabilitation building in Dahisar East on Sunday. The fire was most likely sparked by a short circuit around 3pm, said fire officials. It was doused after nearly three hours, the added. More than 30 people were rescued during the operation.
Nineteen persons, all inhabitants of the building in New Janakalyan Society, were taken to hospitals in the area after they complained of suffocation. Two of them are critical and under observation while the others are stable, officials added.
"The fire started around 3pm from the electric meter room in the basement of the building and spread upwards," said Ravindra Ambulgekar, chief fire officer. The fire fighting equipment in the building was not working and the electrical duct was not sealed, he added. P6...
		
			
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