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4 killed, 9 injured after fire breaks out in industrial area in Mumbai

Updated on: 07 June,2013 12:29 PM IST  | 
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A fire that broke in Mumbai's Andheri area killed four people and injured nine others

4 killed, 9 injured after fire breaks out in industrial area in Mumbai

Four staffers of the IndusInd Bank were burnt to death in a major fire that broke out after an explosion in the bank's building in suburban Andheri East in the Maharashtra capital early Friday, officials said


4 killed, 9 hurt after fire breaks out in industrial area in Mumbai
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The fire broke out in a back office section of the bank in its multi-storeyed building in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area around 11.30 p.m. Thursday.


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The city fire brigade rushed to the scene of the blaze and rescued many of the 20-odd employees trapped inside. However, some staffers ran helter-skelter in panic, lost their sense of direction, and could not be saved, fire officials said.u00a0
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Early Friday, four employees were found dead. Seven employees were injured, some seriously.
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The dead were identified as Atanu Laha, 35, Rakesh Shirkar, 24, Rohan Katkare, 25, and Sandeep Naik, 25.
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The injured have been admitted to Seven Hills Hospital nearby.
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The cause of the explosion and the blaze has not yet been established.u00a0
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"We are giving the best possible medicare to all the injured staffers and making necessary arrangements for the victims," a bank spokesperson told IANS.

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