According to residents of the ground-plus-three storey Aqsa building in the crowded Na8gpada area, Amina Qureshi had been locked in the house by her father who had gone out. With the windows too sh8ut by him, Amina's desperate pleas for help through the gr8i8l8le went in vain as the blaze spread fast.
"Local boys tried to douse the blaze from outside, but could not rescue her because the door and windows were locked," a resident said.
Sajida Kazi Damani (65), who is ill and was stuck in her third-floor house, was rescued by firemen and admitted to J J Hospital, Byculla, as she suffered from suffocation due to the flames.
Firemen reportedly reached the spot with 5 fire engines, 3 water tankers and an ambulance almost 45 minutes after the call was made. "The incident took place at 4.45pm and we called fire brigade around 5pm. Maybe due to traffic and the area being crowded, especially in the evening, fire brigade vehicles could not reach in time," Mohammad Kasim, a local, said. Fire brigade officials, however, claimed they had reached the building quickly despite the traffic and congested lanes. They said a probe was on, but the reason for the fire was still to be ascertained. An official said the window grille proved a huge problem in their operation. "We rescued a 65-year-old woman and brought her down on a stretcher," an official said.
Amina, whose elder brother died four years ago, was living in the building with her father. She was alone at home when the blaze broke out. "She could have survived had we been able to open the door," a resident said. "Till the fire brigade tanker came, the local boys tried hard to douse the blaze. We heard something like a cylinder blast, but no one knows the reason for it," he added.
Mayor Snehal Ambekar, who visited the building, told TOI, "I have told fire brigade officials to submit a report on the reason for the blaze and why they were late to reach the spot."
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