<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The fire which started around 2 a.m. quickly spread to adjoining slums in the congested Shastri Nagar slum colony, catching people unawares in their sleep, according to BMC Disaster Control room.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   However, local youths immediately raised an alarm and helped evacuate the people and their belongings quickly to safe spots.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="Bandra slum fire" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/mar/bandra-fire2.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 335px;" /><br />   <strong>Firemen douse the fire that engulfed Bandra slum. Photo: Pradeep Dhivar</strong></p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   As the flames spread, several gas cylinders also caught fire and started bursting, and added to the damage and losses.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Ten fire tenders rushed to the spot and finally douzed the fire by 6 a.m.. The cause of the fire is being investigated, the officials said.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <p class="caption">   <img alt="Bandra slum fire" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/mar/bandra-fire.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 335px;" /><br />   <strong>Slum residents inspect the evastation caused by the fire. Photo: Pradeep Dhivar</strong></p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Of the eight injured, five were discharged after treatment for minor burns.</div>  

Eight people sustained burn injuries and around 100 huts were reduced to ashes in a major fire that engulfed a slum near Bandra station in west Mumbai, officials said Thursday

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