Mumbai: At 10 p.m. on Monday, the fire broke out in an apartment on the eleventh floor of the 13-story Sky Pan building in Andheri’s Oberoi Complex, specifically the Udit Narayan residential complex. Although, the fire broke out in the building’s B wing while the singer resides in the high-rise’s A wing.
After almost four hours, the fire was extinguished at 1.49 am on Tuesday, according to the officials. According to Udit Narayan, the fire department made every effort to ease the situation.
“The fire broke out around 9 pm. I stay on the 11th floor in A wing, and the fire broke out in B wing. We all got down, and were in the building premises for at least three to four hours. It was very dangerous, anything could’ve happened. Grateful to the almighty and our well-wishers that we are safe,” Udit said.
In Frame: Udit Narayan with his family
“This incident has affected me mentally, and it will take a while to get over it. When you hear of such an incident, you feel for it, but when you are in a similar situation you understand how much painful it is,” the singer continued.
A senior citizen died and another person was hospitalised after suffering from suffocation after a fire in a Mumbai building where noted Bollywood singer Udit Narayan stays, officials said.
Two persons suffered from suffocation due to smoke following the fire and were rushed to nearby Kokilaben Hospital. One of them, 75-year-old Rahul Mishra, was declared “brought dead”, while the other person, Raunak Mishra (38), was discharged against medical advice after initial treatment, he said.
The fire was confined to the electric wiring, electric installations and household articles in the flat, another official said. Prima facie, the fire brigade suspects a short-circuit could have triggered the fire, but the exact cause was under investigation, he said.
Source said that five people were staying in the duplex flat in which the fire broke out. Three persons, including house servants, escaped unhurt, they said. Fire brigade sources claimed that fire fighting system of the building was non-functional and the fire fighting operation became a “little bit tough” for them due to the condition of the internal staircase of the duplex flat.
