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Fire breaks out at Mumbai highrise, elderly woman hospitalized

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Mumbai: A fire broke out at a flat in a 15-storey building in Mumbai on Tuesday, officials said. 

80-year-old woman found unconscious
Octogenerian woman was found unconscious and was rushed to hospital. Besides, the fire department team rescued nine persons from the building using a staircase, according to the officials. 

Bandra area
According to Dynamite News correspondent, the fire broke out in Mumbai’s Bandra area in the wee hours today. 

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The injured has been identified as Sati Gopal Parayani. The fire department declared it as a level one fire. 

The fire erupted in the flat located on the sixth floor of the building. 

It took fire department nearly two-and-a-half hours to douse the flames.

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The cause of the fire was not known. (With Agency Inputs)

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