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Mumbai, Jan 22 (PTI) Residents of the Mumbai building where fire claimed six lives on Saturday said they heard a loud sound followed by black smoke, and recalled the frenzy of those living there to get out to safety.
“We heard a big noise and rushed outside.
There was black smoke coming out of some floors above us.
We immediately rushed downstairs and came into the open area,” a resident said.
At least six persons were killed and 23 others injured in a major fire that broke out on the 19th floor of Sachinam Heights, a residential building in Tardeo area of central Mumbai on Saturday morning.
A 50-year-old woman who lives on the fifth floor said, “I heard some noise like firecrackers and realised that something is wrong.